360 HDMI Q

cokecan · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:17

hey guys, just a quick Q

Do the new premiums that have the HDMI on them have HDCP?

also do you get a HDMI to HDMI connection in the box?

cheers

Raymond Lin · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:19

no HDMI cable in the box.

cokecan · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:34

gutted, ok what about the HDCP?

anyone know if it does??

greeny_fastcar · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:40

cokecan72 said:
gutted, ok what about the HDCP?

anyone know if it does??

I dont think the 360 is HDCP compliant.

Johnz0r · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:43

No I don't think the 360 is HDCP compliant, only Sony carries HDCP on consoles AFAIK. (Through HDMI of course

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ic1male · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:43

All devices that have a HDMI connector automatically have HDCP. It won't matter with the Xbox 360 because none of the HD-DVD movies use HDCP yet.

Johnz0r · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:45

ic1male said:
All devices that have a HDMI connector automatically have HDCP. It won't matter with the Xbox 360 because none of the HD-DVD movies use HDCP yet.

Ah interesting, didn't know that

Attu90 · 3 Dec 2007 at 11:51

ic1male said:
All devices that have a HDMI connector automatically have HDCP. It won't matter with the Xbox 360 because none of the HD-DVD movies use HDCP yet.

But they will be by 2010 which isnt that long away.

ikillbears · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:08

can some one please tell me what HDCP is ?

Sic · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hdcp

Bigpops · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:13

Playing HD-DVD or upscaling DVDs enables HDCP on HDMI Xbox 360 consoles.

Playing games, doesn't. The picture is sent "in the clear" as it were.

martinturner · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:19

I am using the cable that came with my 360 and have it set to HD and it connects to the component sockets on my LCD. If I was to buy a HDMI cable would it be a better picture than what I have already? The TV is only a 26" LCD. The 360 has got a HDMI socket as does the TV. 360 bought last week.

Thanks

ic1male · 3 Dec 2007 at 17:24

Could be. I think it all depends on your TV. On the Sony in the living room, I can't tell any difference. On the cheap AOC one in my bedroom, component has slight ghosting whereas HDMI doesn't.

cokecan · 3 Dec 2007 at 20:44

thats awesome info guys

only wondered cos ive been having no end of problems getting hd-dvds to work on my PJ and pc via hdmi, so was gonna try test the pj with a friends 360 (its the hdmi one) and wanted to make sure hdcp was on it before i went to test it incase its that

McDaniel · 3 Dec 2007 at 20:52

Raymond Lin said:
no HDMI cable in the box.

Premiums and Arcade dont but the Elite does i think,

Its tough to find the Xbox HDMI cable too, i only found 1 shop in the states with one :/

Minstadave · 4 Dec 2007 at 08:22

McDaniel said:
Premiums and Arcade dont but the Elite does i think,

Its tough to find the Xbox HDMI cable too, i only found 1 shop in the states with one :/

Why bother with an official one?

wedgie · 4 Dec 2007 at 08:24

I have a PS3 HDMI cable in my 360 and it works fine.

McDaniel · 4 Dec 2007 at 18:21

Minstadave said:
Why bother with an official one?

BEcause i use the optical out for sound and it comes with a little attachedment for it

Alexrose1uk · 8 Dec 2007 at 19:31

The purple shirt brigade have some official HDMI cables right now, but they're about £30...a little expensive for what they are, but the additional phono/optical audio output they have as well as the HDMI connection is a really good idea, and I guess, along with generally good QC is what you're paying for. Tempted to get one so I can get a nice, but cheap 5.1 setup going ^^

Torch [P4] · 8 Dec 2007 at 20:03

is there a facility to take care of sound to a non digital amp? ie phono type connections?
or would i be forced to get sound through the tv :confused: