Video Asylum

Posted by acres verde (A) on July 18, 2012 at 07:41:29

In Reply to: RE: fight on HBO posted by John A. Casler on July 17, 2012 at 15:13:55

To John and others that may read this...a little faux pas on my part...the HD in HDCP actually stands for "high speed digital", not "high definition". Anyway, to restate, what I was told was that the feature known as HDCP (high speed digital content protection) had to be ENABLED on my receiver in order for me to be able to receive this broadcast and that by virtue of the fact that I connected my receiver to my TV with an HDMI link, this, ipso facto, DISABLES HDCP on my receiver. If, however, I would replace the HDMI with composite connection, then this would automatically ENABLE the HDCP feature on my receiver, thus making it possible to have viewed the broadcast.

What threw me off about the whole thing is that in the last decade I've watched literally dozens of similarly broadcast fights, both pay-per-view and otherwise, with nary an issue. So I'm trying to figure out what was different about this one particular broadcast and if anyone knows if the explanation given about HDMI connection being the culprit would seem to hold water.