Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - Video card supports HDCP, monitor doesn't. Should I worry?

paul.hugill · 07-06-2009, 04:22 AM

Hi Kovacevic,
HDCP is a type of encryption used to transmit Hi-Def Video and can be used either over DVI or HDMI.

If you have a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive in your computer, in theory you would need to have a monitor and graphics card that support HDCP, but you can get some software called AnyDVD that would allow you to use any monitor even if it does not support HDCP.

You can use a HDMI/DVI adapter to connect devices with different connections without any problems as far as I am aware but you would not get the sound over the HDMI cable like you would normally.

If you want best compatability then you should get a things that are HDCP compatible but AnyDVD does work so that is an option and I have not had any problems with it.

Paul

07-06-2009, 04:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
paul.hugill Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5 OS: Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Win XP SP3	Re: Video card supports HDCP, monitor doesn't. Should I worry? Hi Kovacevic, HDCP is a type of encryption used to transmit Hi-Def Video and can be used either over DVI or HDMI. If you have a Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive in your computer, in theory you would need to have a monitor and graphics card that support HDCP, but you can get some software called AnyDVD that would allow you to use any monitor even if it does not support HDCP. You can use a HDMI/DVI adapter to connect devices with different connections without any problems as far as I am aware but you would not get the sound over the HDMI cable like you would normally. If you want best compatability then you should get a things that are HDCP compatible but AnyDVD does work so that is an option and I have not had any problems with it. Paul