HZ27WC and HDCP

Grindathotte · 4 Jun 2011 at 11:56

I have the glass HZ27WC (lovely) and currently a GTX 260 card. This does not detect the monitor correctly and does not support HDCP with it. I know that others have had the same problem with higher end Nvidia cards. Can anyone confirm that it works with Radeons, or has anyone got it working with an Nvidia card?

DarkBahamut · 4 Jun 2011 at 17:07

I don't have an nvidia card so can't help on that, but i can confirm my WA version works correctly with HDCP via a Radeon 6970 on my systems.

deadite66 · 4 Jun 2011 at 17:17

i have a WC and a HD6970, i tried the cyberlink advisor but it reports no HDCP support.

hazro claimed they would bring out a driver to get it working but nothing since.

Triamp9 · 4 Jun 2011 at 21:19

Indeed Hazro, can you confirm that there will be a fix for Nvidia graphics card owners with the 'C' model? Same prob with my GTX480. Great monitor otherwise though!

Grindathotte · 4 Jun 2011 at 22:36

Looks like it's not just Nvidia.

deadite66 said:
i have a WC and a HD6970, i tried the cyberlink advisor but it reports no HDCP support.

hazro claimed they would bring out a driver to get it working but nothing since.

Tonester007 · 5 Jun 2011 at 15:46

Grindathotte said:
I have the glass HZ27WC (lovely) and currently a GTX 260 card. This does not detect the monitor correctly and does not support HDCP with it. I know that others have had the same problem with higher end Nvidia cards. Can anyone confirm that it works with Radeons, or has anyone got it working with an Nvidia card?

I believe there are two issues here:
1) Both HZ27WA and HZ27WC not detected correctly with Nvidia cards.
2) HZ27WC doesn't support HDCP, despite being advertised as doing so.

I also have a H27WC and
1) it works fine with my ATI 6870
2) HDCP doesn't work on mine either, having checked with Cyberlink Advisor.
(HDCP was working on my previous Samsung monitor and I haven't changed anything else in my PC, so it is definately the monitor).

Grindathotte · 6 Jun 2011 at 10:11

I can't see anymention of HDCP compliance for the C version on the Hazro site now. Has it changed or have I just missed it?

chainy · 6 Jun 2011 at 10:18

I know the monitor should work out of the box if advertised as HDCP compatible but could you not just use SlySofts AnyDVDHD to work around the HDCP issue for now.

Grindathotte · 6 Jun 2011 at 11:05

chainy said:
I know the monitor should work out of the box if advertised as HDCP compatible but could you not just use SlySofts AnyDVDHD to work around the HDCP issue for now.

That will be a last resort, but I don't want to throw money at it if it is going to be fixed. At that price, it's getting close to the difference between the C and A versions of the monitor.

Tonester007 · 6 Jun 2011 at 12:55

Grindathotte said:
I can't see anymention of HDCP compliance for the C version on the Hazro site now. Has it changed or have I just missed it?

It was originally advertised (on OCUK) as having HDCP (see here), but the product description has been updated now.

The review on TFT Central still mentions HDCP: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/hazro_hz27wa.htm

stevetuk · 22 Sep 2012 at 18:32

Sorry to revive this old thread but I wanted to check if any confirmation had been given about HDCP support on the HZ27WA/C?

The manual on Hazro's website says they do: http://www.hazro.co.uk/downloads/HZ27WA_C_Instructions.pdf

(p17)

derv · 23 Sep 2012 at 00:21

I had the same problem with the HZ30WiE. The manual and various reviews stated it had HDCP support but it was non existent. The OCUK product page doesn't mention HDCP so assume it isn't supported unless they directly confirm otherwise.

stevetuk · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:17

Thanks for the response derv, so how do you workaround this? With software?
Surprised the flagship HZ30 doesnt support HDCP, must admit...

Axeia · 23 Sep 2012 at 16:47

Never watch HDCP protected stuff on my PC but I believe that passkey lite is what you're looking for

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derv · 23 Sep 2012 at 17:48

stevetuk said:
Thanks for the response derv, so how do you workaround this? With software?

It went back under DSR and I bought myself the Dell 30" instead, best decision I ever made