Didn't they just change this in a patch? They wanted to "close the analog loophole" for Blu-Ray or something like that.
The official cable was sold separately in Japan I think (model SCPH-10320). I suppose the cheap ones found on ebay might work too.
Check out http://www.hdfury.com/ . They sell HDMI HDCP strippers, the HDFury3 adaptor will convert any HDMI stream (up to 1080p72fps) to component or VGA with no loss of quality. FYI I'm using the HDFury3 and watching things in 720p for broadcasting/recording gameplay.
Hmm I've been doing some reading and apparently even the HDFury 1 will out put 1080p from a PS3. That's going from HDMI to DVI? Is this right or have I misread something? EDIT: I've been looking around and I've found things like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/HDFury-Game...5?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1326641495&sr=1-5 They're ludicrously expensive!
Yeah they are expensive unfortunately. I'm not sure the HDFury Gamer Edition strips the HDCP from the PS3, you'd have to look into it. Also I think I got it wrong before, the HDFury 3 supports 1080p up to 72fps, I was getting confused with my capture cards capabilities.
I doubt it. It's simple enough to find out if the rule was in place at launch. Anybody have a "safety and support" manual for their 20GB or 60GB model still around? The cover should be very similar to the online one I linked to.
I'm using a HDFury 2 with my slim PS3. The dongle converts HDMI to VGA (not DVI-D), stripping HDCP in the process. That's how they work around the HDCP agreement; there is no unencrypted digital signal, just plain analog VGA. On the downside, the dongle does not change the resolution. So you'll need a monitor or TV supporting the 16:9 aspect ratio on its VGA input. If you are unlucky and your set is too old (as is mine; 4:3 aspect ratio only, VGA+DVI-D), the image may get distorted or cut off, without any means to correct this via display settings. In this case, you can use an external scaler (that should then support 16:9 over VGA of course) to convert VGA back to DVI-D and introduce additional black lines to get a 4:3 image.
The ones I posted are half the price or less than hdfury products, and work quite well. Been using the hdmi to hdmi one for a couple weeks now with no problems.
Yes but realistically how many monitors with DVI input, not any HDMI, support HDCP? That's kind of an unusual combo to see AFAIK.
Well I have an apparently defective ASUS 24" where HDCP works over DVI, yet doesn't seem to on HDMI last I recall. LOL at whatever passed that through quality control. Very weird case I need to test further!
