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Looks like some DirecTV subscribers are traveling to be scrambling over the next few months to watch their shows. HDCP archetype aegis technology seems to be the culprit. Over the endure few days, citizenry of the absolute advertisement agenda Dbstalk appointment accept been discharge their annoyance at accepting admission to their admired HBO programs.

“No botheration until today aggravating to watch HBO,” a accepted analogue TV buyer with an HR 20 DVR acclaimed on Saturday. “Get bulletin that the affairs is agreeable protected. I can appearance every added approach except HBO. This wasn’t the case endure week. Something new?”

Ditto declared addition affiche a few hours later: “Noticed something aberrant this anniversary aswell apropos HBO. Although my Sony is affiliated via HDMI I get the bulletin that my ‘set is not accordant with….. ‘ displayed too briefly to apprehend in its entirety. It is displayed if alteration amid HBO channels. Aforementioned TV, aforementioned HR20 for about six years, never a botheration above-mentioned to this.”

Other appointment participants offered affable advice. Check your connections, they counseled. Unplug and reconnect your HDMI cable. Aggravating rebooting your DVR.

But on Sunday, added letters such as these were advancing in.

“As of today, I can no best watch HBO over HDMI to my television,” addition customer disclosed. “I get an absurdity bulletin that says ‘HDMI affiliation not permitted. Press SELECT for added information.’ (And acute Select does nothing.).”

Here’s the story

By Tuesday, agenda media blogs like Zatz Not Funny had best up on the development. We absitively to acquaintance DirecTV ourselves and ask what was traveling on.

“Here’s the story,” DirecTV agent Robert Mercer told us. The absolute advertisement agenda account has afresh chip an HDCP archetype aegis feature, “which owners of exceptional casework like HBO, Starz, and Showtime crave all pay TV distributors to actuate on all exceptional channels.”

“This action may appulse a baby accumulation of barter who accept earlier archetypal TVs that don’t abutment HDCP through HDMI,” Mercer advised. “These barter should alter their HDMI cable with a basic video cable (E.G. Red, Green, Blue) and a abstracted audio cable.”

DirecTV enabled the affection on all HBO-owned channels endure week, “and will abide rolling out to added exceptional casework in the advancing weeks,” we were informed.

Q I actually have my set-top cable box and Blu-ray player connected to my receiver via HDMI. Another HDMI cable connects my receiver to my TV. i modify between my cable box and Blu-ray player by changing inputs on the receiver. i take advantage of a Logitech remote to manage everything.

Lately, after I activate everything it takes six or seven minutes for the image to indicate up on the TV. throughout this point, I keep obtaining the message “no signal” on the TV. Is it my receiver or the cable box inflicting the delay, and what ought to I do?

A it isn’t anybody part inflicting the matter however the approach they interact. It sounds as if you are addressing an “HDMI handshake” issue.

Digital elements connected via HDMI use a duplicate protection system referred to as HDCP. When elements are switched on or connected, they consult with one another via the HDMI cable, verify the HDCP and then permit the image to be displayed. This verification is often noted because the “HDMI handshake.”

With my home-theater system, the processor says “need HDCP monitor” when the handshake is not established, and that i realize myself viewing a screen that either glints or is solid blue or black.

Typically, changing inputs is all that’s required to ascertain the HDMI handshake. If you would like to look at your cable box, amendment the input on your receiver to one thing else and alter it back to the cable box. you’ll amendment it to any input, as a result of all you’re doing is breaking the association between the cable box and also the receiver and re-establishing it. this could get things operating for you quickly.

Your remote could be a part of the matter. several universal remotes have an choice to flip all the elements on promptly with one press of a button. the foremost reliable thanks to establish an honest HDMI handshake is to show on the tv 1st and let it boot up, then activate the receiver, then activate the cable box and Blu-ray player. simply think about yourself as beginning at the TV and going backward over the cables to the receiver and then the elements.

It may be that the remote is popping on the elements in an exceedingly totally different order. As a result, you are not obtaining an honest handshake most of the time.

The elements used, their worth or their age do not appear to own a lot of touching on whether or not you get HDMI handshake problems or not. The system in my bedroom is far lower than my home theater, nonetheless I actually have several a lot of HDMI handshake problems with the high-end setup. typically I actually have to vary inputs many times before I finally get an honest handshake and might begin viewing.