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How can I know if a LCD TV is HDCP capable. Most salesmen do not know the term HDCP and some times the answer is "oh, yes it's got HDMI"!!! Is there a way to find out if a TV supports HDCP from a unit on display in a store, without having to connect a Bluray/HDDVD player and checking if I displays 1080p? Often brochures and websites are silent on this matter. One salesman said that HDCP is only available on 1080p displays. This doesn't sound right. Can anybody confirm?
Thanks in advance.
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Generally speaking, if you've got an HDMI connection on the TV, you've got support for HDCP.
HDCP is copy protection for HDMI connections, and it's use is optional and controlled by the source material. IIRC, neither Blu-Ray or HD DVD movies actually utilize it at this time, but strangely enough, these fancy new resolution-enhancing standard DVD players generally do.
> > HDCP is copy protection for HDMI connections, and it's use is optional and controlled by the source material. IIRC, neither Blu-Ray or HD DVD movies actually utilize it at this time < <
It's mandatory, and it's in use for both Blu Ray and HD DVD players. It's a digital connection protocol, and it's not limited to HDMI - it's implemented for DVI as well. If you try to plug a Blu Ray or HD DVD player's HDMI out into a device that doesn't support HDCP, such as a computer monitor with a DVI port, you won't get a picture.
Is there a way to know without connecting? I'm in Singapore and Bluray/HDDVD are not yet easily available! The stores I am checking do not have such players to test. Will the picture be completely disabled or will it be scaled down? Will the player's menus, etc (when not playing a disc) show?
Pretty much any consumer TV with HDMI is HDCP compliant, and most of the older consumer TVs with DVI are HDCP compliant as well. I don't think you need to worry, unless you're buying something that's more than five or six years old.
If the TV does not support HDCP, you will not get a picture (not even player setup menu) over the digital connection.
Thanks, I'm buying a new one from a store. But only a very few explicitly mention HDCP and so I was concerned, especially since I am considering a product from a relatively unknown brand.
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