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<blockquote data-quote="sjevtic" data-source="post: 858406" data-attributes="member: 118214">I think what's going on here is that the Sony box is bringing up HDCP on its HDMI interface at some point after boot. As I recall, the Colossus' behavior when presented with an HDCP-enabled HDMI stream is to simply provide a black screen.&nbsp; So, you'd need to make the HDCP go away.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't think there's anything especially useful about a HDMI to DVI converter. In fact, whether the audio stream comes in over the HDMI connector or the TOSLink one is of little consequence to the Colossus and MediaPortal. However, in the case of the HDMI to DVI converter in the video on the provided link, the device being presented seems to have a nice side effect: removing HDCP. I'm not especially up on the details surrounding HDCP or the issues associated with marketing devices as HDCP strippers, but there does seem to be a handful of devices that do the job. Most seem to be masquerade as devices that do other things, such as DVI amplifiers, HDMI to DVI and S/PDIF converters, HDMI switches, or something similar, but that's typically just a thinly veiled front for their real purpose.&nbsp;I don't claim to fully understand what the HDfury folks are up to.&nbsp; Early HDfury (i.e., 1/2/3) devices were basically marketed as products that took DVI or HDMI inputs, including those which are HDCP-enabled, and produced an analog output (RGB or component), with the stated intention of allowing digital sources to be used with analog display devices.&nbsp; In the case of the HDfury4, it sounds like they're up to something a bit more complex, offering a digital output as well as some new advertised capabilities, such as performing out of band 3D-encoding for high refresh rate displays.&nbsp; It is not clear to me whether or not the device actually removes HDCP, and if it does, if the digital output is also enabled when it is doing so.&nbsp;Sasha</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sjevtic, post: 858406, member: 118214"] I think what's going on here is that the Sony box is bringing up HDCP on its HDMI interface at some point after boot. As I recall, the Colossus' behavior when presented with an HDCP-enabled HDMI stream is to simply provide a black screen. So, you'd need to make the HDCP go away. I don't think there's anything especially useful about [I]a[/I] HDMI to DVI converter. In fact, whether the audio stream comes in over the HDMI connector or the TOSLink one is of little consequence to the Colossus and MediaPortal. However, in the case of [I]the[/I] HDMI to DVI converter in the video on the provided link, the device being presented seems to have a nice side effect: removing HDCP. I'm not especially up on the details surrounding HDCP or the issues associated with marketing devices as HDCP strippers, but there does seem to be a handful of devices that do the job. Most seem to be masquerade as devices that do other things, such as DVI amplifiers, HDMI to DVI and S/PDIF converters, HDMI switches, or something similar, but that's typically just a thinly veiled front for their real purpose. I don't claim to fully understand what the HDfury folks are up to. Early HDfury (i.e., 1/2/3) devices were basically marketed as products that took DVI or HDMI inputs, including those which are HDCP-enabled, and produced an analog output (RGB or component), with the stated intention of allowing digital sources to be used with analog display devices. In the case of the HDfury4, it sounds like they're up to something a bit more complex, offering a digital output as well as some new advertised capabilities, such as performing out of band 3D-encoding for high refresh rate displays. It is not clear to me whether or not the device actually removes HDCP, and if it does, if the digital output is also enabled when it is doing so. Sasha [/QUOTE]

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