Dish 811 and DVI

[Scottie318]

Hello,

I am considering jumping on a Dish 811 upon its release but I have a concern regarding DVI. I really want to take advantage of my RCA D40W20's DVI port. However, it is DVI with HDCP. Are there different types of DVI ports. I notice that on the 811 brochure, its listed as DVI-HDTV/DISH DVI (DVI-D). Would my set be compatible with the 811 using a DVI connection. I want to keep my two components freed up for XBOX and my DVD player.

Thanks
Scott

[Cyclone]

I'm pretty sure that the 811's DVI port is also HDCP compliant. You should be AOK.

[John Kotches]

If your displays DVI port is HDCP capable, you have no worries. It's when your displays DVI port isn't HDCP capable that you have to worry.

Regards,

[enforcer]

Hello,

I am considering jumping on a Dish 811 upon its release but I have a concern regarding DVI. I really want to take advantage of my RCA D40W20's DVI port. However, it is DVI with HDCP. Are there different types of DVI ports. I notice that on the 811 brochure, its listed as DVI-HDTV/DISH DVI (DVI-D). Would my set be compatible with the 811 using a DVI connection. I want to keep my two components freed up for XBOX and my DVD player.

Thanks
Scott

Scott,

I have a the RCA 52inch version of your tv. I just read through the manual and it IS HDCP compliant. So you will be able to use it. Hope this helps ya.

[xgrep]

If your displays DVI port is HDCP capable, you have no worries. It's when your displays DVI port isn't HDCP capable that you have to worry.

Regards,Right.

The sending box cares whether the display is compliant when it needs to send something that is protected. It needs to see "I'm a compliant display and I can't record" before it will send at full resolution. If it doesn't see that, it may downres, or it may refuse to send at all. If the content doesn't require protection, the box shouldn't care, but I have a feeling that some boxes might, to simplify their software. If you have a compliant display, any box will be happy.

I believe that all HDTV monitors currently sold as consumer HDTV monitors are compliant. Not sure, though, if devices like Apple's studio monitors are HDCP. If not, you wouldn't be able to use them to view protected content from a consumer STB.

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