BonzaiDuck
Lifer
People like bradly1101 may be too familiar with my little frets lately -- enough to become exasperated.
Here's the scenario.
I have a 20-year-old Belkin Omni-View 4-port KVM switch I'm still using. It passes through an analog VGA signal perfectly well to my 1920x1080 (otherwise HD and digital-capable) monitor. Two of the machines are also connected to either my HDTV or my AVR with passthrough to the same TV.
They have WMC enabled for HDCP content through cable-TV.
THEREFORE, the two computers appear -- both in NVidia Control Panel and in Media Center -- as HDCP-ready. This is because of the AVR/TV hookup.
I'm "lookin' at" a bi-directional HDMI switcher (Sewell IBIS) and a 4-port DVI-digital-only HDCP-compliant KVM switch. The switcher is approximately $25; the KVM is about $180 after shipping and tax.
Before I make these upgrades, I have this . . .possibly naïve . . question.
If I drag Media Center from the "preferred display" (HDCP-compliant HDTV) to the desktop (analog 1920x1080) -- how would it . . could it . . . should it -- develop some "problem" if I view MC and HD broadcasts on the (non-HDCP) desktop monitor?
Figure I could easily upgrade the KVM -- furchrissake -- it's been 20 YEARS on this Belkin!!
Or I could supplement the Belkin with the IBIS switcher.
Or I could merely wait and save some money.
But I'm still wondering. What is the problem with viewing MC on the (otherwise HD) desktop monitor?
Here's the scenario.
I have a 20-year-old Belkin Omni-View 4-port KVM switch I'm still using. It passes through an analog VGA signal perfectly well to my 1920x1080 (otherwise HD and digital-capable) monitor. Two of the machines are also connected to either my HDTV or my AVR with passthrough to the same TV.
They have WMC enabled for HDCP content through cable-TV.
THEREFORE, the two computers appear -- both in NVidia Control Panel and in Media Center -- as HDCP-ready. This is because of the AVR/TV hookup.
I'm "lookin' at" a bi-directional HDMI switcher (Sewell IBIS) and a 4-port DVI-digital-only HDCP-compliant KVM switch. The switcher is approximately $25; the KVM is about $180 after shipping and tax.
Before I make these upgrades, I have this . . .possibly naïve . . question.
If I drag Media Center from the "preferred display" (HDCP-compliant HDTV) to the desktop (analog 1920x1080) -- how would it . . could it . . . should it -- develop some "problem" if I view MC and HD broadcasts on the (non-HDCP) desktop monitor?
Figure I could easily upgrade the KVM -- furchrissake -- it's been 20 YEARS on this Belkin!!
Or I could supplement the Belkin with the IBIS switcher.
Or I could merely wait and save some money.
But I'm still wondering. What is the problem with viewing MC on the (otherwise HD) desktop monitor?
