HDMI to DVI adapter question.

[RKS]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum but I have a Fioptics (fiber) set top box and am trying to connect it to my Dell U3008 via a HDMI to DVI adapter. The monitor is powered on but the screen is blank. Is this due to HDCP related issues?

 

[queequeg99]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum but I have a Fioptics (fiber) set top box and am trying to connect it to my Dell U3008 via a HDMI to DVI adapter. The monitor is powered on but the screen is blank. Is this due to HDCP related issues?

Sure sounds like an HDCP problem. Online specs for the monitor seem to say that HDCP should be supported with the DVI inputs. But see this post I found after a little googling:

"I have a similar situation. Am running the Dell 3008wfp 2560x1600 30" monitor, and cannot download or view HD movies from iTunes; can do so with standard definition movies. Took computer to a repair store I trust. They downloaded an HD movie from iTunes (one I wanted) onto my machine, but connected to an Asus monitor. Both of us were using a DVI cable. So they think the problem lies with the monitor. Although when connected to the Dell monitor, the Nvidia control panel says that the card and display are HDCP-compliant. But read on...

Using:
twin Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 cards, each with two DVI ports, but no HDMI port
dual link DVI cable
Dell 3008 wfp monitor
updated drivers, along with updated iTunes and QuickTime player.

On another forum, someone else was having a similar problem. After talking with Dell and eVGA, plus testing, he came to the conclusion that this monitor does not run HDCP with DVI cable, despite Dell's assertion to the contrary. It will run HDCP with HDMI and DisplayPort. I only recently got into HD movies from iTunes, (or am trying to); the monitor has done well prior to this. I hope a solution does not involve equipment replacement, but it may."

 

[RKS]

Sure sounds like an HDCP problem. Online specs for the monitor seem to say that HDCP should be supported with the DVI inputs. But see this post I found after a little googling:

"I have a similar situation. Am running the Dell 3008wfp 2560x1600 30" monitor, and cannot download or view HD movies from iTunes; can do so with standard definition movies. Took computer to a repair store I trust. They downloaded an HD movie from iTunes (one I wanted) onto my machine, but connected to an Asus monitor. Both of us were using a DVI cable. So they think the problem lies with the monitor. Although when connected to the Dell monitor, the Nvidia control panel says that the card and display are HDCP-compliant. But read on...

Using:
twin Nvidia GeForce GTX 295 cards, each with two DVI ports, but no HDMI port
dual link DVI cable
Dell 3008 wfp monitor
updated drivers, along with updated iTunes and QuickTime player.

On another forum, someone else was having a similar problem. After talking with Dell and eVGA, plus testing, he came to the conclusion that this monitor does not run HDCP with DVI cable, despite Dell's assertion to the contrary. It will run HDCP with HDMI and DisplayPort. I only recently got into HD movies from iTunes, (or am trying to); the monitor has done well prior to this. I hope a solution does not involve equipment replacement, but it may."

Thanks for your help. I was incorrect. I actually have a couple 3007 and not a 3007 and 3008 so I am lacking connections beside DVI. I am going to take one of the monitors to work and will probably pick up the 30" Monoprice monitor. It seems to have a variety of connections so I 'think' it should work correct?

 

[queequeg99]

Thanks for your help. I was incorrect. I actually have a couple 3007 and not a 3007 and 3008 so I am lacking connections beside DVI. I am going to take one of the monitors to work and will probably pick up the 30" Monoprice monitor. It seems to have a variety of connections so I 'think' it should work correct?

If you're using an HDMI output from your video card, that monitor should work. Although HDCP compliance is not a requirement of the HDMI spec, for all practical purposes it is a requirement for selling HDMI devices (with the exception of some portable devices such as certain camcorders). The same forces that have driven HDCP support on HDMI products have been relatively absent with respect to DVI so when you're presented with a DVI-equipped display device (especially a PC monitor, as opposed to an HDTV), it is much more likely that HDCP will not be supported.

CLARIFICATION: I pointed out the differences between HDMI and DVI support for HDCP only because the monoprice website does not specifically say that HDCP is supported through the DVI input. It very well might be, but the website doesn't appear to say. You could ask Monoprice if this is important. But I would want confirmation from a customer that actually owns the monitor (see the Dell 3008 mess copied above).