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I'm troubleshooting a second HDHR' installation; the first one is stellar.
The original (successful) PC connected to my AVR/HDTV was done through an HDMI-to-HDMI cable. I also have a DVI-to-HDMI cable of the same length. I should have kept notes: I can't remember whether I had trouble with the latter and chose to get the HDMI-HDMI cable. It COULD BE that I DID have troubles with it, and they're the same ones I have now.
But NVidia Control Panel on a second PC shows the HDTV connection with the DVI-HDMI as HDCP compliant. I've configured WMC for the video signal as "HDMI". It works no differently than as "{DVI, VGA, DisplayPort}. The audio is also configured as HDMI, and no troubles there, either.
I can't even remember the difference between DVI-D and DVI-I, and I'd have to look again as to whether the plug on the cable is "|" or ": | :". All I know is that it fits the port on the graphics card, together with a "primary" video connection to my desktop monitor through a DVI-to-VGA plug.
Before I go order either a second HDMI-HDMI cable or an HDMI switcher, I'd like to know if anyone uses such a DVI-HDMI cable, what sorts of trouble they experienced, whether it worked properly or not. I'm currently troubleshooting failure to show encrypted HD channels through this connection. The other digital and digital-subscription (HBO and MAX) channels are fine. This is only one loose end in dealing with "possible causation" to my trouble; there are other things I can do, but I need to cover all bases.
First thing I'm going to do after posting this: shut down the first system temporarily and try the second one with the HDMI-HDMI cable.
The original (successful) PC connected to my AVR/HDTV was done through an HDMI-to-HDMI cable. I also have a DVI-to-HDMI cable of the same length. I should have kept notes: I can't remember whether I had trouble with the latter and chose to get the HDMI-HDMI cable. It COULD BE that I DID have troubles with it, and they're the same ones I have now.
But NVidia Control Panel on a second PC shows the HDTV connection with the DVI-HDMI as HDCP compliant. I've configured WMC for the video signal as "HDMI". It works no differently than as "{DVI, VGA, DisplayPort}. The audio is also configured as HDMI, and no troubles there, either.
I can't even remember the difference between DVI-D and DVI-I, and I'd have to look again as to whether the plug on the cable is "|" or ": | :". All I know is that it fits the port on the graphics card, together with a "primary" video connection to my desktop monitor through a DVI-to-VGA plug.
Before I go order either a second HDMI-HDMI cable or an HDMI switcher, I'd like to know if anyone uses such a DVI-HDMI cable, what sorts of trouble they experienced, whether it worked properly or not. I'm currently troubleshooting failure to show encrypted HD channels through this connection. The other digital and digital-subscription (HBO and MAX) channels are fine. This is only one loose end in dealing with "possible causation" to my trouble; there are other things I can do, but I need to cover all bases.
First thing I'm going to do after posting this: shut down the first system temporarily and try the second one with the HDMI-HDMI cable.
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