[mythtv-users] Best Approach with Connection of a Leadtek 6200 to HDTV

[Brian Wood]

On May 21, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Joel Turner wrote:

> I recently purchased an Hitachi 42HDS52 Plasma TV that has both  
> component and HDMI inputs.  I have a Leadtek 6200 card with  
> component out capability and a DVI connector.  I'm wondering what  
> my best approach is to connect this to the TV.  My first  
> inclination was to purchase a DVI to HDMI cable except the  
> operating manual has this blurb:
>
> The HDMI input on INPUT 1 and 2 contains the copy protection system  
> called High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). HDCP is a  
> cryptographic system that encrypts video signals when using HDMI  
> connections to prevent illegal copying of video contents.
>
> I'm going to guess that the TV is going to treat my myth box as an  
> illegal source. If that's the case, I need to go component.  I have  
> read a bit through the archives and see that getting the 6200 to  
> work properly with a setting other than 480p is problematic mainly  
> due to the Nvidia drivers and calculating a proper modeline. My  
> manual is unclear, but it appears that my plasma supports 720p  
> natively though it bills itself as a 1080i Display.  The native  
> resolution of the plasma is 1024x1024.

I'd give the HDMI inputs a try first. My LCD TV set has HDCP on its  
HDMI input and works fine with the output of a 5700 video card. 
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