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Site Admin   Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve 
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Does this ring a bell for anyone?
 I bought a Roku about four years ago, and I loved it. I kept seeing advertisements for newer Roku models and I ignored them, because mine was doing just fine. Well, recently there was a sale on the Roku 3 (newest model), and I finally caved and bought it. Yeah, it's faster and has more channels, and it's better in some ways . . . but half the damned time, this is all I can see:  A quick internet search told me that I'm one of about eleventy brazilian people that have this same fucking problem. Apparently HDCP is a new protocol for HDMI, and it's likely that I'm getting the message because my "old" TV (about four years old) isn't giving the right code word to the Roku, or whatever.... Well, allegedly this splitter will kill the HDCP stuff: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004F9 ... UTF8&psc=1 I received mine today, hooked it up, and YES! I can see video again! I just fired it up to check it, and haven't given it any serious time yet. If it screws up, I'll post back up . . . but I just wanted to give you guys a heads-up in case any of you are banging your heads on the wall over this same issue. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Thu May 07, 2015 7:37 pm |
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Site Supporter   Location: Lakewood, WA Joined: Sat Apr 14, 2012 Posts: 4025 Real Name: brad aka bubba
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Its all a conspiracy to get you to keep buying newer electronics.
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| Thu May 07, 2015 7:46 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Snohomish County Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2012 Posts: 1146
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Just curious, is it specific channels that are sending HDCP signals, or is it random?
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| Thu May 07, 2015 7:58 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Olympia Joined: Mon May 28, 2012 Posts: 6852 Real Name: Matt
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This is what I thought of.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. _________________ "I'm Hub McCann. I've fought in two World Wars and countless smaller ones on three continents. I led thousands of men into battle with everything from horses and swords to artillery and TANKS! I've seen the headwaters of the Nile, and tribes of natives no white man had ever seen before. I've won and lost a dozen fortunes, KILLED MANY MEN! And loved only one woman, with a passion a FLEA like you could never begin to understand. That's who I am. NOW, GO HOME, BOY!" "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones". Albert Einstein 1947 |
| Thu May 07, 2015 8:12 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Piece/Clallam Joined: Wed Oct 17, 2012 Posts: 10661
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porn?
_________________  Yaki's - last journey Promote a Growth Mindset. Don't let a fixed mindset not allow change for the better. pow·er trip - noun - a self-aggrandizing quest for ever-increasing control over others. |
| Thu May 07, 2015 8:31 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19174 Real Name: Johnny 5
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It's your TV..
The ROKU basically sends an encrypted (if you can even use that term) signal to the TV, the TV then says 'OK, it's legit, we're good to go', and sends the content.. It's a basic handshake type signal. Problem is, older TVs don't HAVE the capability to send that signal, so ... no joy.. Stupid thing is, you CAN disable HDCP, and it'll go right through... Stupidest thing ever... High bandwidth Digital Content Protection.. Supposed to prevent bootlegging... riiiggghhtttt.... _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
| Thu May 07, 2015 8:32 pm |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve
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lunacite wrote: Just curious, is it specific channels that are sending HDCP signals, or is it random? It happens when I play Amazon and Netflix using the Roku. TechnoWeenie wrote: It's your TV.. . . . older TVs don't HAVE the capability to send that signal, so ... no joy.. Yup, that's what I finally concluded. And it fucking pisses me off that I could be forced to buy a new TV just to get that "functionality." It even pissed me off to spend the $25 for the splitter, but I guess that's reality.  By the way, based on the little teensy weensy bit that I know about this clusterfuck, that PARTICULAR splitter will do the trick. I don't know if there are others that will or not, but my understanding is that you can't buy just any splitter. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Thu May 07, 2015 9:34 pm |
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In Memoriam  Location: South King County, WA Joined: Thu Dec 8, 2011 Posts: 5844
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MadPick wrote: . . . I could be forced to buy a new TV just to get that "functionality." . . . Can you turn HDCP on/off in the Roku settings? _________________ M D "Doc" Nugent NRA RSO Synopsis of Rules for Radicals: http://www.crossroad.to/Quotes/communism/alinsky.htm "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds" - Bob Marley 104th Division  Timberwolves |
| Thu May 07, 2015 11:13 pm |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve
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DocNugent wrote: MadPick wrote: . . . I could be forced to buy a new TV just to get that "functionality." . . . Can you turn HDCP on/off in the Roku settings? No. _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Fri May 08, 2015 5:24 am |
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Site Admin  Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38379 Real Name: Dan
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Should have bought apple TV...
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| Fri May 08, 2015 5:45 am |
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Site Moderator   Location: Marysville Joined: Thu Mar 22, 2012 Posts: 13844 Real Name: Mike
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Wow, that tv is a dinosaur! Get with the times, man!
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| Fri May 08, 2015 6:16 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: West Phoenix, AZ Joined: Tue May 21, 2013 Posts: 3889
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designed obsoletion... if that's even a term...
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| Fri May 08, 2015 6:47 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Snohomish County Joined: Tue Feb 21, 2012 Posts: 1146
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MadPick wrote: Yup, that's what I finally concluded. And it fucking pisses me off that I could be forced to buy a new TV just to get that "functionality." It even pissed me off to spend the $25 for the splitter, but I guess that's reality. By the way, based on the little teensy weensy bit that I know about this clusterfuck, that PARTICULAR splitter will do the trick. I don't know if there are others that will or not, but my understanding is that you can't buy just any splitter. There's no way this is end user functionality, it's DRM for the content provider to prevent copying of their copyrights. As far as I know there's no way to ever disable it with a setting, as that would defeat the whole point. The reason the splitter works is because it doesn't forward the HDCP request. It simply tells the originating device that the connection is HDCP encrypted, and then sends a new connection out the two ports on the back without the HDCP request. Due to this processing requirement, there can be some lag if you aren't also using HDMI for audio. In addition to these little splitters, most home theater receivers have the option to not forward HDCP signals. |
| Fri May 08, 2015 8:40 am |
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Site Admin Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 53104 Real Name: Steve
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lunacite wrote: Due to this processing requirement, there can be some lag if you aren't also using HDMI My Roku connects via HDMI to the splitter, which connects via HDMI to the TV, which then sends audio to the sound bar. So I should be good, I assume? _________________ Steve Benefactor Life Member, National Rifle Association Life Member, Second Amendment Foundation Patriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of America Life Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Legal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy Coalition Member, NAGR/NFGR Please support the organizations that support all of us. Leave it cleaner than you found it. |
| Fri May 08, 2015 8:46 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Midwest Joined: Thu Oct 2, 2014 Posts: 8695
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XDM9cWA wrote: designed obsoletion... if that's even a term... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_obsolescence been happening in cars for a long time...I think since Henry Ford. Electronics just get their quicker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law _________________ Massivedesign wrote: I am thinking of a number somewhere between none of and your business. |
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