Very interesting thread here folks.
You should try distributing 1080P@24fps HDMI to (5) different room`s 1080P(non 4K) flat screen TV`s & a 4K Sony projector for a exercise in HDCP frustrations/adventures !!
With very, very little knowledge about this, little did I know, when I started to delve into attempting this about six years ago, and no friends who were experienced or were inclined to be so adventurous.
My first BR DVD player is a 2009 Sony which had component output as well as HDMI, so I went that route first via Cat 6 + with passive RGB 60 Mhz. bandwidth baluns fed from a CalRad 500 Mhz. bandwidth active multi output splitter..
Of course with Component, I was limited to, I think, 1080i, but the picture looked fine to me, also no 4 k Sony projector was installed at that time.
So I used that setup for a couple of years until the Sony player wouldn`t play three of my BR DVD`s, even when it`s firmware was updated, and ironically two of the movies were Sony pictures releases, and Sony support was clueless !!
I also borrowed a 25 ft. HDMI cable from my B-I-L to connect to one of my nearby spare bedroom`s Sony flat screen`s HDMI inputs from the Sony BR player, so I could toggle between Component and HDMI for comparison while playing a BR disc, and I could see enough of an improvement to start to look in to HDMI1080P
@24fps distribution..
First, I bought a 1080P@24fps 5 Gig. wireless HDMI setup(1 transmitter & 4 receivers) to look into this and this HDMI 1080P@24fps picture looked very good and very film like.
When I advised my original A/V dealer about this wireless product to see if they knew about it, they told me that only one TV would be sent a 1080P resolution signal, which was their experience with another brand, and were surprised when I advised them that all 4 of my wireless HDMI connected TV`s reported 1080P@24fps resolution and they became very interested in what brand I had bought and was using.
There was no HDCP handshake issues with this product setup/use.
All these wireless unit`s firmware is usb flash drive updateable as the HDMI/HDCP specs. evolve..
So, my new to me, A/V dealer encouraged me to purchase a OPPO BDP-103 to deal with my DVD non-play issues with the Sony, and I bought one from them, pulled the Sony and hooked it up the OPPO in my rack.
Worked perfectly on all my BR DVD/CD`s, and I swear, it`s picture looked better than the Sony player through the same wireless HDMI setup in use..
After some period of time I used this setup, but like all wireless systems, their prone to signal interference/glitches, which was not to my liking at all..
Ok, now on to my big adventure, in hard wired HDMI1080P
@24fps distribution and the HDCP issues that will rear it`s ugly head during my attempts.
I had my whole house`s 5 rooms wired for Ethernet Cat. 6 + bandwidth rated (swept certified 600Mhz.) with 3 video sends(1 S-Video, 1 Component(RGB) & the 2 required for U/SVGA computer analog video send) and 1 audio feed lines per room, in 2010, so as to be able to grow into improved technologies as they became available in the future..
2 of these video feeds(the limitations of passive baluns) were taken up with my rack`s lap-top for it`s S/UVGA output so I could monitor what was running on that rack laptop computer(usually NWS weather radar) in any room in my house, as this is important to me, living in FL.
So if I was going to try hardwire HDMI Cat. 6 + feed through the house, I was going to either have to pay the increased labor costs, etc. to have another Cat 6 + line run to the 5 rooms and my old 1993 Barco 3 CRT/lens projector in my living room..
So since neither of my A/V dealers had any experience with any of what I was doing, or going to try to do, I had to look into it myself..
Well, I found a company called Atlona while looking on Markertek`s web site, so I looked at what they had to offer in the way of S/UVGA and 1080P@24fps HDMI Cat 5/67 active multi output distribution head end units that used 1 Cat feed cable per signal feed, so that gave me the HDMI line that I needed + Atlona also had 4K rated HDMI to Cat. 6/7 active transcoders/decoders baluns for me to buy for my newly purchased Sony 4K projector as well.
Well after purchasing a butt load of expensive but very high performance, multi year warranted Atlona devices through my new A/V dealer, who represented Atlona, then the fun began..
The S/UVGA feed/distribution was easy, but then came the really fun part of 1080P
@24fps HDMI/HDCP handshake multi TV frustrating learning curve, as neither dealer`s where any help, as they had not done what I was doing.
And with my 4K projector, the 4K HDMI output from the 4K up converting OPPO 103, and now the 4K direct 203 had to be preserved through any HDMI splitters, input selectors, etc. before it was sent to the 1080P only house distribution system !!
You folks with one 1080P HDMI/HDCP source/display device really don`t know what frustration is, but the A/V multi flat screen display department at my local Best Buy people do, after I asked them if they ever had/have HDCP issue's with all those TV running !! The answer was: "OH YEAH" !!
I figured how to turn on the equipment in the right sequence so I`m not accused(metaphorically speaking) of stealing copyrighted movies that when HDCP isn`t happy, I`m greeted with a Magenta hued, or bad acid trip looking BR DVD player`s splash screen !!
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Enjoy "Techno" simplicity Folks, where you can !!
Mercy Sakes Alive !!
Sorry about this long winded HDMI techno babble..
Kind regards, OKB