HDMI: So what happens if your HDTV (like mine) doesn't have a HDMI connector?
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You are an idiot. Play a game in 800x600 (better rez than normal dvd) and then try in something higher (even below somethingx1080) and you will see a huge difference. If you truly believe that there will be no differences, you are prolly too ignorant to contribute to society. EDIT: Sorry about that. As for the actual question. Yes, you are kind of up a creek. Because of awesome new anti-pirating standards, you NEED HDMI to use these new players. All you can do is cross your fingers and hope they decide to make it so they can at least just play without HDMI but lower resolution. They are considering making it impossible to play without HDMI. As far as purchasing a new TV now I would suggest not because you are going to want more than one HDMI input after you get a few devices (two HDMI in are rare now and expensive). Also OLED and SED look pretty promising and you wouldn't wanna be kicking yourself in the butt again in a few years for jumping the gun.
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the cable/hdmi you use to connect to your TV must be HDCP capable try a different HDMI. hope this helps
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The HDMI cables are standardized. In my case I connected a Blu-ray player to an HDTV. But any HDMI port/device will connect with any other. Just one other point. The cable sheath is larger so you may have a tight fit on units with close quarters. My HDTV was a tight squeeze on port 1. Fortunately this TV has 4 ports and port 2 was an easy fit.
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In that situation you'd only need HDMI to get video to your TV - but it sounds like the video is getting to your TV from another source as well?
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If you have a flat screen Tv and not the old tube tv, your tv will more than likely have a HDMI input. This mean you will only need to purchase a HDMI cable. However, if you do have an older model tv, I'm unable to answer your question.
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Thanks! That makes sense. I did get a message that said something about HDCP. Can you recommend any HDMI cables that are HDCP compatible? I was trying to avoid spending a ton of money on one, but maybe I just have to. I also read on avsforum about firmware updates, etc. I guess I'll try a new cable before contacting Samsung.
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Make sure you have it plugged into the HDMI port on your TV. It will not work with a USB port.
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I couldn't get mine to connect either. I purchased the HDMI adapter and it worked fine. I can only assume that the cable has a problem. Too bad because I really wanted the longer cable.
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Sorry I did not hook up to HDTV. I am hooked up to a large screen tv but without HDMI cable. It works fine. Also hooked up to DVD and CD player without any problem.
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I have just tried that and it worked. I normally use a HDMI input but my TV comes with a DVI input connector so I tried the DVI input and there was no problem. My suggestion is that you 1) turn off the HDMI splitter and all devices connected to the HDMI splitter, 2) turn on all devices connected to the HDMI splitter and then 3) turn on the HDMI splitter.
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No you will need a HDMI cable to complete the connection. It is not supplied...
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Yes out need an HDMI cable also. When I first hooked it up I thought it didn't work but it did you just have to move the HDMI cable around in the tv until you see a picture. You may even have to pull out the cable a little but don't give up it will work
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No, you probably won't even get video, in the conversion you drop to analog and without an active adapter/converter the analog signal hits the HDMI and bad things happen
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Hi. If you don't see the HDMI port that means your computer was not set up for it.
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Thanks for your reply. It happens to us when we go from non HD to HD and from HD to HD. Very annoying. We've dropped back to using the component cables, but I sure would like to use the HDMI. I was hesitant about complaining to Samsung, since our cable is so sketchy, but now I think I will.
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Well the question is, what's an old tv? You need to use an HDMI cable. So if your tv doesn't support HDMI then the answer is no.
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1st off, make sure it is HDMI CABLE directly it the Tv and not on a switcher, that's what I did and finally figured it has to be connected directly, if that isn't it, call sony