Question about blu ray through pc to tv? - Blu-ray Forum

tarletonaggie · 03-10-2009, 09:31 PM

I just recently bought a lg blu ray disc drive for my computer and a EVGA 8400GS Video Card to play blu rays through my computer. Everything works fine when playing a movie through my computer monitor with the vga connector but when i connect my panasonic plasma (without a vga connector) with a dvi to hdmi connector it says that something is not compatable with HDCP and tells me to switch over to the vga connector. My question is what can I do to get my computer to connect to my tv that is not too expensive or do I need to buy a new video card with hdmi compatability.

banyaker · 03-10-2009, 09:53 PM

Does the PS3 work when connected to the Panasonic TV with a HDMI cable playing a BD?
DVI is the same as HDMI apart from DVI does not carry audio signals ,you would need a separate audio lead ,iether analogue or digital from PC to TV or a Reciever ,otherwise DVI from PC to HDMI to your TV is the same as HDMI -HDMI.
How old is your Panasonic TV?
Is your video card HDCP complient ,how old is that ,anything older than 2 years and you could have to upgrade!!!

vamsilak · 03-10-2009, 10:07 PM

What kinda video card u have..!!!?
I think ur video card is not HDCP comptable..!!

hamisht · 03-11-2009, 03:07 AM

get AnyDVDHD, it removes that HDCP thing.

SpoonMaN · 03-11-2009, 03:49 AM

His video card is fine for movie playback, the geforce 8400 has all of the decoding feartures but yes this does sound like an HDCP issue. try out AnydvdHD and that should fix you right up

banyaker · 03-11-2009, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpoonMaN

His video card is fine for movie playback, the geforce 8400 has all of the decoding feartures but yes this does sound like an HDCP issue. try out AnydvdHD and that should fix you right up

I have been down this road 'Any DVD HD' did not solve the problem for me on a 7900 GT not over a digital connection anyway ,there always seems to be one link in the chain that buggers everything up.
Any card over 2 years old will not playback comercial Blu-Ray over a digital connection ,i pulled my hair out for weeks and eventually had to bite the bullet and go fo a new GPU and got a 8800GT less than £100 ,since then no problems.

SpoonMaN · 03-12-2009, 04:21 PM

well the since the 8400 only came out 18 months ago it should be fine then right? a while back toms hardware ran tests with the 8400 and it was just fine for bluray playback. as long as the TV is hdcp compliant and as long as the OS and the playback software are working correctly then even a didital connection should be working. for now i say try anydvdHD

dadkins · 03-12-2009, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banyaker

I have been down this road 'Any DVD HD' did not solve the problem for me on a 7900 GT not over a digital connection anyway ,there always seems to be one link in the chain that buggers everything up.
Any card over 2 years old will not playback comercial Blu-Ray over a digital connection ,i pulled my hair out for weeks and eventually had to bite the bullet and go fo a new GPU and got a 8800GT less than £100 ,since then no problems.

My AR190G is a June 2006 model with a 7600 GT and it plays Blu-ray fine - albeit without offloading from the CPU.

This machine has a 8400 GT and it will offload pretty much all processing from the CPU.

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/mo...ire_en_US.html

Minimum: GeForce 7600 GT, GeForce 7800 GTX 512, GeForce 7900 GX2, GeForce 7900 GTX, GeForce 7950 GX2.
Recommended: GeForce 8400 series, GeForce 8500 series, GeForce 8600 series, GeForce 8800 series, GeForce 9400 series,
GeForce 9600 series, GeForce 9800 series, GeForce GTX280.
Recommended driver version: 174.53 or later.
Video RAM: graphics card memory requires 256MB or above.

banyaker · 03-12-2009, 10:02 PM

in amongst that lot the 7900gt was out on its own designed to be a gaming card they forgot the HDCP compliency.
Yes the 8400 should do the job just need to find where the weak link is. I have a panasonic PT-AE900 projector and i cant get that to work over HDMI,i use the anologue out from the 8800gt which isnt a problem as the Pany is 720p only ,so it seems just because it has HDMI doent mean its HDCP.

pes123 · 09-17-2009, 07:30 AM

I also bought an LG Blu ray disc drive and it had so many problems

i would not recommend LG Blu ray disc drives to any one. I faced a lot more problems than mentioned over here.

syncguy · 09-17-2009, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pes123

I also bought an LG Blu ray disc drive and it had so many problems

i would not recommend LG Blu ray disc drives to any one. I faced a lot more problems than mentioned over here.

Sorry to hear this. Is it working now?

DrasticPlastic · 09-17-2009, 01:14 PM

My LG blu ray drive has been flawless so far.

CdnBlu · 09-17-2009, 03:19 PM

I'm currently running the LG BH-08 with an eVga 8800 GTS 512mb. I can play blu-ray movies flawlessly on my LG 42" TV. Doesn't seem to work on my 32" in the bedroom (gives me an 'unsupported video signal'), but it's not a big deal. I just move the computer when I need to play a region locked movie, which isn't very often.

03-10-2009, 09:31 PM	#1
tarletonaggie Member Member since:Oct 2008 Blu-ray collection:146	Question about blu ray through pc to tv? I just recently bought a lg blu ray disc drive for my computer and a EVGA 8400GS Video Card to play blu rays through my computer. Everything works fine when playing a movie through my computer monitor with the vga connector but when i connect my panasonic plasma (without a vga connector) with a dvi to hdmi connector it says that something is not compatable with HDCP and tells me to switch over to the vga connector. My question is what can I do to get my computer to connect to my tv that is not too expensive or do I need to buy a new video card with hdmi compatability.

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03-10-2009, 09:53 PM	#2
banyaker Member Member since:Feb 2008	Does the PS3 work when connected to the Panasonic TV with a HDMI cable playing a BD? DVI is the same as HDMI apart from DVI does not carry audio signals ,you would need a separate audio lead ,iether analogue or digital from PC to TV or a Reciever ,otherwise DVI from PC to HDMI to your TV is the same as HDMI -HDMI. How old is your Panasonic TV? Is your video card HDCP complient ,how old is that ,anything older than 2 years and you could have to upgrade!!!

03-10-2009, 10:07 PM	#3
vamsilak Banned Member since:Feb 2008 Trading Score:1	What kinda video card u have..!!!? I think ur video card is not HDCP comptable..!!

03-11-2009, 03:07 AM	#4
hamisht Active Member Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray reviews:4	get AnyDVDHD, it removes that HDCP thing.

03-11-2009, 03:49 AM	#5
SpoonMaN Member Member since:Feb 2009	His video card is fine for movie playback, the geforce 8400 has all of the decoding feartures but yes this does sound like an HDCP issue. try out AnydvdHD and that should fix you right up

03-12-2009, 04:21 PM	#7
SpoonMaN Member Member since:Feb 2009	well the since the 8400 only came out 18 months ago it should be fine then right? a while back toms hardware ran tests with the 8400 and it was just fine for bluray playback. as long as the TV is hdcp compliant and as long as the OS and the playback software are working correctly then even a didital connection should be working. for now i say try anydvdHD

03-12-2009, 10:02 PM	#9
banyaker Member Member since:Feb 2008	in amongst that lot the 7900gt was out on its own designed to be a gaming card they forgot the HDCP compliency. Yes the 8400 should do the job just need to find where the weak link is. I have a panasonic PT-AE900 projector and i cant get that to work over HDMI,i use the anologue out from the 8800gt which isnt a problem as the Pany is 720p only ,so it seems just because it has HDMI doent mean its HDCP.

09-17-2009, 07:30 AM	#10
pes123 Banned Member since:Sep 2009	I also bought an LG Blu ray disc drive and it had so many problems i would not recommend LG Blu ray disc drives to any one. I faced a lot more problems than mentioned over here.

09-17-2009, 01:14 PM	#12
DrasticPlastic Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Home Theater Gallery:6 Trading Score:2	My LG blu ray drive has been flawless so far.

09-17-2009, 03:19 PM	#13
CdnBlu Power Member Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Calgary, Canada Home Theater Gallery:29 Trading Score:31	I'm currently running the LG BH-08 with an eVga 8800 GTS 512mb. I can play blu-ray movies flawlessly on my LG 42" TV. Doesn't seem to work on my 32" in the bedroom (gives me an 'unsupported video signal'), but it's not a big deal. I just move the computer when I need to play a region locked movie, which isn't very often.

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