My hometheatre is setup for hdmi, everything is through hdmi switch and amplifier, but I am looking at a nintendo wii, I am curious if this device will work for simply sending 480p from the wii to an hdmi switch.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/Component-Video-YPbPr-SPDIF-to-HDMI-Converter-Cable_W0QQitemZ170151456896QQihZ007QQcategoryZ73390QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
PooperScooper
09-27-07, 09:55 AM
That's a nifty device. :) It takes the S/PDIF audio and sends it over HDMI with the video. It even claims HDCP compliance. It should work just fine with the wii (I'm guessing - I don't see why it wouldn't).
Product Features:
* Allows you to connect YPbPr HDTV sources to an HDMI™ display
* Encodes digital audio onto the video signal for HDMI™ video and audio
* Supports HDTV/YPbPr
* Supports: 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p,1080i and 1080p resolution
* HDCP compliant
digital_dilemma
09-28-07, 01:19 PM
That's a nifty device. :) It takes the S/PDIF audio and sends it over HDMI with the video. It even claims HDCP compliance. It should work just fine with the wii (I'm guessing - I don't see why it wouldn't).
Product Features:
* Allows you to connect YPbPr HDTV sources to an HDMI™ display
* Encodes digital audio onto the video signal for HDMI™ video and audio
* Supports HDTV/YPbPr
* Supports: 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p,1080i and 1080p resolution
* HDCP compliant
It can claim HDCP all it wants, but there is no signal output in component higher than 480P, so what's the use. The HDCP is stripped out on component.
PooperScooper
09-28-07, 04:24 PM
Yes, but it may have to "talk" HDCP to the HDMI display. And it's quite trivial to get > 480p out component - DVD players will do it (not all of them), cable stbs, game consoles, scalers, etc.
larry
Kal Rubinson
09-28-07, 04:47 PM
Yes, but it may have to "talk" HDCP to the HDMI display. And it's quite trivial to get > 480p out component - DVD players will do it (not all of them), cable stbs, game consoles, scalers, etc.
larryWhy? Displays are perfectly happy with non-HDCP sources. It's the HDCP-sources that demand communication from the displays.
PooperScooper
10-01-07, 02:31 PM
Good question, but I thought I remember reading that some HDMI chipsets or "boxes" with HDMI enforce HDCP all the time (since HDMI always has HDCP). If you only have HDCP compliant displays, it's hard to test. :)
larry
Edit: I was just talking to someone at Anthem support (about some other things) and I asked him about HDCP and HDMI. He says he has never seen a DVD player with HDMI not turn on HDCP even for home movies burnt onto disc.