HDCP handshake lameness

[ELM]

Bought a new Panasonic plasma TV and the HDMI connection worked great for several months. Then yesterday the HDMI signal died for no good reason. The HDMI cable works great with my Blu-ray player, as do the HDMI ports on the TV. Thought the HDMI port on the Tivo might have died, but when rebooting the HDMI video is perfect on the initial start up screen, then goes black.

I now have to use the component video cause no matter how many times I disconnect or reboot I cannot get the Tivo to change from the HDMI "not connected" status on the system information screen.

All I can say is HDCP & DRM are both LAME! They fail at protecting content from being copied and do nothing but cause random problems such as this :mad:.

Just wanted to put it out there (AGAIN) that if your HDMI doesn't work, it is probably due to a stupid HDCP handshake problem.

I really don't want to go buy a stupid HDMI switch just to get a "virtual handshake" to work. SO FRUSTRATING!

[rocko]

I've shared this story many times so I apologize to those who have to read it yet again. Who knows - it may even help this time.

Check for firmware updates for your TV. I had my TiVo HD work great for weeks with my new Samsung LCD until HDMI sound stopped working out of the blue. Flashing the TV with updated firmware fixed my problem.

My $.02.

[dlfl]

I'm having remote control problems and one spontaneous reboot (so far) and I wonder if HDMI handshaking problems could cause either problem?

See this thread I just started for more details:

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=434573

[dlfl]

I've shared this story many times so I apologize to those who have to read it yet again. Who knows - it may even help this time.

Check for firmware updates for your TV. I had my TiVo HD work great for weeks with my new Samsung LCD until HDMI sound stopped working out of the blue. Flashing the TV with updated firmware fixed my problem.

My $.02.
I have a Samsung LCD also. How do you do this? (I'm sure I could fumble around in the docs and menus and eventually do it, but you might be able to save me a lot of trouble!)

BTW, I really like my Samsung -- how about you?

[rocko]

I have a Samsung LCD also. How do you do this? (I'm sure I could fumble around in the docs and menus and eventually do it, but you might be able to save me a lot of trouble!)

BTW, I really like my Samsung -- how about you?

Love my Sammy - i think the picture's better than my Panny plasma, but ...

Download the firmware to a USB flash drive. Insert the drive into the USB slot on the TV and go through the menus to apply the flash.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/supportHowToGuidePopup.do?howto_guide_seq=2165&prd_ia_cd=02010200&map_seq=7498&regDt=20090921140922&page_gb=M

[dlfl]

Love my Sammy - i think the picture's better than my Panny plasma, but ...

Download the firmware to a USB flash drive. Insert the drive into the USB slot on the TV and go through the menus to apply the flash.

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/supportHowToGuidePopup.do?howto_guide_seq=2165&prd_ia_cd=02010200&map_seq=7498&regDt=20090921140922&page_gb=M
Thanks much. I quickly reviewed the instructions (seems ultra simple). Is there some way to compare revision numbers on the TV and web site to see if you even need to do this? I didn't see where to get the rev number in the TV menus.

[rocko]

Thanks much. I quickly reviewed the instructions (seems ultra simple). Is there some way to compare revision numbers on the TV and web site to see if you even need to do this? I didn't see where to get the rev number in the TV menus.

If there's nothing broken you don't need to do it. It looks like it tells you current vs. new when you go to do the update.