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HDCP stopped working!!? (Pioneer PDP-43A5HD)

post #1 of 6
4/1/08 at 9:58am
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OK, a few weeks ago, my plasma set randomly stopped displaying anything over the HDMI port.

The original source, my Verizon STB, would display approx 3 seconds worth of perfect HD video/audio, the screen would flash bright green, and then go black (audio stayed on). I proceeded to replace the STB and HDMI cable, and still the problem persisted.

I then hooked it up to the HDMI on my Xbox360, and popped in a DVD. Low and behold, I now get the message "Secure HDCP link not found"....

DOH!!

So now what!? The TV is well beyond the warranty, and most of the pioneer technicians I'm calling don't really know why it would do this. Pioneer themselves, and a few technicians, have stated that I might need to get the entire circuit board replaced...

DOH AGAIN!

My question: Has anyone seen/heard of this happening? If so, what was needed to fix the problem?

If it comes down to $1000 repair, I'm not quite sure it's worth it for a 2 yr-old 1080i TV when I can pick up shiny new, bigger, 1080p LCD's for only a few dollars more.

Advice? thanks ahead of time...

EDIT: Component video works just fine, but the picture is noticably worse than HDMI.
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post #2 of 6
4/3/08 at 8:24am
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Anyone? please?
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post #3 of 6
4/3/08 at 2:23pm
That sounds like a costco number. If so, you probably bought it before the change in costco's satisfaction guarantee.

If it isn't a costco #, you're probably screwed since the component should be practically identical to the hdmi.

good luck
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post #4 of 6
4/4/08 at 3:42pm
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Originally Posted by lewlew View Post

That sounds like a costco number. If so, you probably bought it before the change in costco's satisfaction guarantee.

If it isn't a costco #, you're probably screwed since the component should be practically identical to the hdmi.

good luck

well, we MAY be "seeing" degraded HD video with the component because we're psychologically conditioned to think HDMI is the best picture EVER; and, for some reason, the SD channels really are much worse (do color settings need to be different than those we set using the HDMI?)

That said, we're being told that the main board, with the HDMI chipset, may need to be replaced... a $250 part + labor.... DOH!

We actually bought this special edition Pio plasma at Tweeter on Black Friday 2006, and my dumb arse didnt buy the extended service contract... DOH AGAIN!

Anyways, I don't really know jack about the inner workings of HDCP, so I guess we're just going to have to do what the techs say...
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post #5 of 6
4/6/08 at 11:21am
Same thing happened to us this week, on 4-3-08. Exact same symptoms. Our equipment - Pioneer 1130HD and Verizon's Motorola 6416 STB. Pioneer says it's Verizon's STB. Verizon replaced STB, no improvement. Interested in what you've learned.
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post #6 of 6
5/4/10 at 12:59pm
HDMI inputs on my Pioneer 1130HD have both started blocking my DVD player and cable box. Service guys quoted me $250 just to come to the door.. creditable against any repairs, but they could not advise what those repairs could run to (even though I could tell them exactly what the issue is)... Was your final bill $250? If that is it, I would go ahead... but if it were to be a grand or more, I'm not sure it would be worth it

So frustrating... I've hated this stupid HDCP thing from the beginning... it blocks all kinds of perfectly legitimate use (can't display digital cable signals on my old Dell monitors for example), and probably isn't preventing anyone from doing any copying if they really wanted to.

FWIW My wife and I both noted a difference in picture quality when I switched over to using the component outs from the cable box.
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