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Originally Posted by CDan Some premium services, (HBO, etc), are moving towards using protections, and DVD recorders are moving towards preventing recording of protected content. It's difficult to know what you're up against there, but you could try using a different output from the cable box. You might wind up using some sort of "black box" between the components, or even using a different recorder to get around this. |
I was going to post on this, but I will ask you all what you know about a peculiar problem I'm having with a HD Message that covers my TV scrn. and will not allow me to watch a recording from HBO On Demand. I bought a new HD Sony TV about 6 weeks ago. I had a non-HD TV prior to this time. I had a DVR for 2 yrs. with
Dish- it was SD like my TV. Now I rent an SA-8300 DVR/Rec. unit from the local cable co. I have 2 Sony DVD recorders- Mod. # RDR-GX7. Neither are HD. Neither have a HDMI input. Both have a componant OUTPUT, but no comp. INPUT. The PROBLEM: I recorded a "B" movie from 2005 off of HBO's On Demand. I went to play it later and about 5 minutes into the film I get this weird message that covers my entire scrn. It won't allow me to watch the movie, but I can hear it fine.
Message states: "Your HDTV does not support HDCP. Disconnect the HDMI connector and use the YPrPb connection to continue watching TV". HUH???
I do NOT have a DVD recorder that has a HDMI connector. Both recorders get a std. signal from the SA cable box- (Yellow-Video, Red & White- sound. I am really lost with this as I have never seen it before. I need to know why I'm getting this backwards message as the only piece of equip. using the HDMI connector is the cable box/DVR to the HDMI input port on the Sony TV.
I can't attach a picture of this strange message as it's over the 97KB limit on this forum. Please tell me how I can get things working right. As far as I know it only happens when I record a program from HBO On Demand. In addition, The SA-8300 will NOT record any HBO On Demand program. If I press the record button on the DVR it won't work. The ch. lineup does not have ANY On Demand chs. to setup a manual recording using their DVR. I thought when I 1st got this SA about 6 weeks ago that at that time I could record On Demand programs.
Thanks for any feedback you can offer on this ridiculous situation.
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Sony KDS-R60XBR2 HD TV. Dell 630i PC with Vista Home Premium, 4 GB processor/Ram with Intel Core2 processor-Q9300, Lite-On It BluRay 4X burner, Mod. # DH-4B1S. Sony BDP-BX1 BluRay player. Two Sony RDR-GX7 DVD recorders. Sony MDR-DS6000 Digital Surround Headphone System. Yamaha HTR-5890 7.1 ch. A/V Receiver. Numerous Klipsch Speakers handling all sound needs.