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Author Topic: Barco DP 3000 and HDCP Frederick Lanoy Film Handler Posts: 88 From: North of France Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-23-2009 08:52 AM                     Hello everybody, I have several DP 3000, DP 2000, 1500 and 1200. Of course, sometimes customers want to plug their computer to the projector. Sometimes, they want to show a DVD or a Blu Ray disc. My problem is : with this all HDCP thing, i can't use HDMI or any digital connection. The result is a black image. So, i have to use the ASC 2048 and use composite, VGA or component link. I have one question : is it possible to make a projector "HDCP compliant" thanks to an update for example ? Many thanks for your answer.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-23-2009 09:33 AM                     The answer is that you can definitely make your DP2000, DP1500 and DP1200 HDCP compliant. Order R9856280 from your Barco Dealer. It is a board that needs to be installed in the card cage. I'm not sure if that board works in the DP3000...they never listed it as such. The current DP3000 (as well as the other Barco projectors) IS HDCP compliant so there probably is an upgrade path for older units. Steve  |  IP: Logged Frederick Lanoy Film Handler Posts: 88 From: North of France Registered: Aug 2009 posted 10-23-2009 11:14 AM                     Thank you Steve for this very precise answer. Best regards, Frédérick.  |  IP: Logged Geena Phillips Expert Film Handler Posts: 198 From: Norcross, GA / USA Registered: Apr 2006 posted 10-26-2009 07:55 PM                        You mean it's not HDCP-compliant out of the box? That's kinda chintzy.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-26-2009 09:33 PM                     The current ones are. These are PROFESSIONAL projectors intended for DCINEMA use. BluRay and other sources are consumer and hence the HDCP issue. Christie was the first out of the chute with HDCP compliance...then Barco and NEC is bringing up the rear (the 1600 is HDCP compliant IF you use the special version of the MM2000 that fits inside it. Note too, Sony's projectors have JUST started to become HDCP compliant too. It isn't as easy as you might think and each HDCP compliant device must pay to the HDCP group. What is silly is that HDCP devices are being used on DCinema equipment with any regularity that it is an issue for most cinemas. There should be a "pro" way of doing this. Steve  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 10-26-2009 10:42 PM                     I'm feeding our 1600 with BluRay with no problem so it certainly is HDCP compliant.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-27-2009 06:29 AM                     If you are feeding it directly...with no MM2000...then you are getting lucky that your BluRay titles are not utilizing their HDCP yet...but they will and Sat/Cable stuff definitely is doing so on some channels.  |  IP: Logged Peter Castle Expert Film Handler Posts: 220 From: Wollongong University, NSW ,Australia Registered: Oct 2003 posted 10-27-2009 07:07 AM                     This is now very intriguing. I'm feeding my 1600 from an Onkyo 707 receiver which requires a HDCP monitor as output. I tried with a non-HDCP monitor - nothing. But the 1600 had no problem.  |  IP: Logged James B Gardiner Film Handler Posts: 91 From: North Altona, Victoria, Ausrtalia Registered: Feb 2009 posted 10-27-2009 07:01 PM                     Any DCI projector with a GORE cinema board is HDCP compliment. (HDCP was supported by TI about the same time so it the easy way to tell.) James  |  IP: Logged Pietro Clarici Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Foligno (PG) Italy Registered: Sep 2008 posted 10-29-2009 12:11 PM                        I've just taken delivery of a NEC NC1600C-A. This is part of the log from TI certification information reader: Interface Board Type = Series-1SK[HDCP] (Type 5) So yes, I can definitely confirm that this machine *is* HDCP compliant, although for some reason this is not advertised by NEC.  |  IP: Logged

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