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Author Topic: HDMI to coponent cable, comparable to HDfury? Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 01-15-2010 01:03 PM                    http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.32714 This looks to be an interesting alternative to the 300$ HDfury adapter. Anyone have any experience with this unit?  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 01-15-2010 01:11 PM                     Nothing on that web site indicates that it ignores HDCP, which if true, will mean that the originating device will down-rez to 480p any HDCP encoded signal.  |  IP: Logged Todd McCracken Master Film Handler Posts: 263 From: Northridge, CA, USA Registered: Mar 2008 posted 01-15-2010 01:21 PM                    I was just looking at the pic of the box and the 1080 support listed, and hoping Though you are correct, this does not list HDCP at all. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2041677 The poster here reports that he has tested it and it outputs full 1080 but I'm a bit skeptical  |  IP: Logged Kevin Fairchild Expert Film Handler Posts: 125 From: Kennewick, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2008 posted 01-15-2010 02:19 PM                     Todd, I have a brand new HD Fury that I wont be using. Turns out I dont need it. Input is DVI, output VGA. I know this isnt the thread to do business, but if you are interested PM me.  |  IP: Logged Bruce Hansen Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 847 From: Stone Mountain, GA, USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-15-2010 05:00 PM                     Found this in the discussions area, take it for what you think it means: compactmedia Sunday, January 10, 2010 2:15 PM Reply This device is certainly not "useless" as there are many digital cable boxes here in US/Canada alone that either do not have YPbPr output or broadcast a lower encoding on the YPbPr. The chip inside the adapter provides the essential ability of stripping the HDCP out and sending the full signal to a device not supporting of HDCP. For example, these have been popular with the Slingbox/Hava community as neither of those devices have HDCP abilities. To be clear here, it gets around even the most draconian of HDCP sources (Scientific Atlanta HD STB) as well as PS3, X360, Tivo and a number of Dish boxes I have tested as well. Doubtful that these would be blacklisted in the key system but you never know. I believe the chip used in the adapter are the same Silicon Image chips used in many other devices.  |  IP: Logged

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