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stridsvognen · Guest

gnnash · Joined: 10 Jul 2013 Posts: 216 Location: Lake Elmo, MN

mx83toy · Joined: 14 Dec 2012 Posts: 322

Remember that its a signal amplifier !!! If you can manage a decent pic from the cables sometimes you may be unearthing video chain weaknesses ... I'd say methodically isolate the fault and it may end up Beeing something else?? Not sticking up for the splitter I don't give two craps about it but it's just something that pops to mind..

stridsvognen · Guest

Im using these cables. with no problems

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009KUE71O/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B009KUE71O&linkCode=as2&tag=curpalcrtproa-21&linkId=VFIJTJJXG3FNYI2O

Ill try put a 7m cable and see what happens. Brb.

stridsvognen · Guest

I just put a 7m cable on the input, and a 7m cable on the output, and still running smooth,, with no ext. Ps.

And the cables was 2 different brands.

Can the problem be related to the HDQ having DVI input.?

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject:

So the unit I ordered from Amazon came and it is not the same one that is in their photo. The one I got is in a plastic box (not metal) and has different markings.

I just tested the one I got with my BDP-103 on outputs one and then on output 2. The splitter did not work in any way for me. First I got an unstable image between snow and picture that went back and forth every half second or so. This would indicate that HDCP is enabled and not communicating properly because the entire signal chain supports HDCP anyway. Furthermore, the QD780 reported that HDCP was indeed enabled through the splitter. So I couldn't keep a solid picture and HDCP was still there and NOT removed.

If you are going to order one of these don't get it off Amazon in the USA. I just packed mine up and printed an RMA for it.

craigr

VideoGrabber · Joined: 09 Apr 2006 Posts: 933 Location: Michigan

Craig,

Yes, that's one problem with ordering from 3rd-party sellers on eBay. Many different sellers are offering this device there, and they're not always the same. And as you found out, they're not even the items they show explicit pictures of. Shocked

The plastic-cased units are well known (even on Amazon) not to remove HDCP.

Technically, none of them should, since that makes them a DMCA circumvention device. Of course, if all an HDMI splitter did was make two copies of the same HDCP-laden signal, what good would that be? J/K

stridsvognen · Guest

Craig, if you like to test one that is stripping HDCP, i can order a few more, test and ship one to you.

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:51 pm Post subject:

I don't really have any need for one of these, I jut wanted to see it in action is all and run some tests.

I would be interested in getting one here, but it's not worth much $$$ to me to do so.

Thanks for the offer Smile

craigr

stridsvognen · Guest

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:30 pm Post subject:

I just sent you a PM.

Like I said, I don't need this for anything myself, I am just curious about the box. For $16 on Amazon it was cheap enough for me to me passively interested. For +$50 I wasn't interested enough to buy one from outside the USA.

Thanks for the offer Smile

craigr

stridsvognen · Guest

Not that i use it myself, for other than testing different stuff, but if its outputting a fair quality, and it looks so from my testing.

It for sure is a cheep entrance to CRT with a blu ray player and a old VP like Lumagen HDP/ HDQ DVDO VP50 and so on.

and maybe a better solution than any HDfury.

I just won another Lumagen HDQ on ebay, the 1st was defect. so hope to see how that works, i hear it can output 1080P 72hz via RGBHV

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 4:30 pm Post subject:

stridsvognen · Guest

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:25 pm Post subject:

Cool, you got an HDQ. The HDQ is really my favorite one of the line.

I will say that the HDQ is no Radiance though. Don't even think about using the CMS in the HDQ... it will really screw things up especially on a CRT. But the HDQ is a nice VP especially for analog outputs.

craigr

stridsvognen · Guest

CIR Engineering · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:37 pm Post subject:

DVI including on the HDQ pretty much sucks Sad

At least you can enable YCbCr color space on the HDQ DVI input though.

craigr

Reddman · Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 70 Location: South Carolina

I'm looking at getting one of the Lumagen processors primarily to try to use it aspect ratio control feature to run a CIH setup. I'm guessing this $25 stripper would be good to use to connect it to my projector. Please correct if I'm wrong. Meanwhile I'll be researching and reading up some more.

gnnash · Joined: 10 Jul 2013 Posts: 216 Location: Lake Elmo, MN

Craig,

I ordered this one, it may be the same listing as you:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003UYOEMI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003UYOEMI&linkCode=as2&tag=curtpalmecrtp-20&linkId=AW4PMUJF4FBI44QO

However, more importantly, when I ordered it, I got it from the seller "evoTouch". I expect they would still be supplying the same box, if they are still one of the listed sellers. Much cheaper option than having one sent overseas.

Mine does strip HDCP, but seems to add artifacts and/or digital noise.

stridsvognen · Guest

I ordered one, and its getting shiped to Craig from China.. Shipping 1$

https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336656890&toolid=20008&mkevt=1
20$ total with PS and shipping.

Then Craig can scope the output, and tell us what the quality of this thing is.

I think we have to be carefull when judging HDMI product, the problems are more complex than most of us understand, and the problem are sometimes not in the unit we blame.

HDMI and HDCP is a pile of crap.. i can only think of DVI being worse.