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PS3, DVI, HDCP and the lack of picture
GrimReaper
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So, I just got caught out by the fact that my console monitor isn't HDCP capable. (hi black screen!) Which is a requirement if you want it connected to a PS3. (got a dvi to hdmi cable)
As a temporary fix i've connected the PS3 up to my computers monitor but this has meant i've had to disconnect the pc and the speakers if I want to play on the PS3.
At the moment my only thought is to get something iike this and have my PS3 next to my pc rather than connected up to the console monitor.
Is that my only option? Does anyone know of anything that would allow me to connect the PS3 to my older non-hdcp monitor?
As a temporary fix i've connected the PS3 up to my computers monitor but this has meant i've had to disconnect the pc and the speakers if I want to play on the PS3.
At the moment my only thought is to get something iike this and have my PS3 next to my pc rather than connected up to the console monitor.
Is that my only option? Does anyone know of anything that would allow me to connect the PS3 to my older non-hdcp monitor?
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Have you even tried it yet? If so, you might have another issue. HDCP certainly isn't the problem.
Yeah, the PS3 works fine with the DVI on my Samsung but the moment I connect it up to the Viewsonic the monitor is on (doesn't go into standby) but all I have is a black screen.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
You're wrong. The PS3 does not require HDCP on the end monitor! Quit saying this!
What? Are you sure? So if I wanted to use my ps3 on my viewsonic 1400x900 screen I can? I'd just have to set it to 720p and have to deal with fixing the aspect ratio? Are you sure? Everywhere I've read online says different.
You're the only one I've heard of able to get it work through the DVI without HDCP, so if you have a solution, I too would be glad to hear it. As it is, I'm waiting for the federal rebate check to buy a new monitor with HDCP, since I couldn't find a reliable solution short of the $100ish transcoders I was talking about earlier
From my searches on google everyone says the monitor needs to be capable of hdcp.
With something like this I wonder whether it has its own hdcp layer or whether it just passes the signal straight through to the monitor when switching to one of the dvi ports.
BTW, the output on the PS3 is set to 720p.
It definitely seems as though the HDFury or a HDCP stripper are my best bets. No way in hell do I want to buy an entirely new monitor.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Because that would mean people could steal the unencrypted Blu Ray output and put them on the internet.
....And yet there is no shortage of bluray rips on the internet....
Who could have predicted that?
Why does every one act like adapters don't exist? Go here: http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/rgbhv/index.htm order a cable that's three way RCA to HD15, set your PS3 to any progressive output, and you're good to go.
If you want a more elegant solution, go here: http://www.gameyeeeah.com/wii-ps3-vga-cable-p-746.html
Nope, even viewing the PS3 menus at 720p it still requires HDCP. Which sort of annoyed me no end, i've had to spend roughly £50 on some kit for a DVI switcher so I can connect the PS3 up to my computers monitor (which is HDCP able), audio cables etc.
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I've got a spare copy of Portal, if anyone wants it message me.
Satan, if you can tell me how to get my PS3 to work on my non HDCP monitor over DVI, I'm all ears. At 1080p, hell I will suck a dick (as I believe is customary here) :winky:
Neither set is 1080p. One friend is doing it with just a HDMI --> DVI cable into his monitor, which he says isn't HDCP. He said he'd find the model number when he got home. It's a Sammy of some sort, IIRC.
With the HDFury I get an awesome picture, thats off about 3" to the right and cant be corrected, its a problem specific to my monitor
No, you're wrong. VGA takes an RGBHV signal. It says so right on the site you linked to. Component video is a YPbPr signal. You'd need transcoding hardware, which is expensive, introduces lag, and usually (not always) needs external power. Oh, and you can't turn a 480i signal into a VGA signal without a deinterlacer, either, by the way. That cable you linked to? Not gonna work with 480i-only games on the Wii.
The reason that the PS3 doesn't natively output VGA is because the analog video port was supposed to be compatable with the PS2, which doesn't natively output VGA (well, there was the Linux kit but that was synch-on-green only, not RGBHV).
But basically the second does work, but there are a couple of wii games and about 40% of GC games that won't work, and on the PS3 most PS2 games won't work.
http://wiinintendo.net/2007/10/31/vdigis-wii-vga-cable-review/ Here's a hands on review of another cable.
At $30, this might be a stop gap solution for some people who buy it knowing the limitations.