Well, I have an update and two replys from other forums that spell doom:
First reply from Bill on the HawthorneAudio forum:--------------------------------------------------
I have to be the bearer of bad news here. I Googled the Sanyo and HDCP, and found this thread at the AVS forum:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=686741 First post in the thread:
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To all Sanyo PLV-Z2 owners, enough is enough. The list of DVI or HDMI products that will not work with our projector is endless. I personally have experienced this with the Scientific Atlanta 3250, 8000 and 8300 cables boxes and now the Toshiba HD-DVD player.
HDCP is the issue. The Z2 is NOT NOT NOT HDCP Compliant, no matter what they say. They know this.
Can all Z2 owners who have ever had any DVI or HDMI issues, or those who do not yet use DVI or HDMI, please post here or send me contact info via PM? Just an email will do.
I am going to call Sanyo on Monday and try to get them to admit that there is an issue. They won't, of course, but I will then inform them that they are obligated under the warranty to do something.
At that point it would be best if we all sent them a registered letter and an email (each of us) that we demand they dix the HDCP issues with the projector.
If we do nothing then nothing will be done by Sanyo sand eventually you will run into a device that will not work on your projector. Anyone who wants HD-DVD or Blue-Ray will be in that camp.
Clearly, this is not good. I scanned the 6 page thread, it looks like success using digital video in to the Sanyo is not impossible but is far from assured.
Here's what Sanyo's website says:
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for your further convenience,the DVI terminal is compatible with HDCP (high-bandwidth Digital Content Protection).*
*If the HDCP standard changes,you may not be able to display images input via the DVI terminal.
http://www.sanyo-lcdp.com/english/product/plvz2/plvz2.html Apparently the standard has changed since the projector was built...
It looks likely that the Oppo will never recognize the Sanyo as HDCP compliant. You could feed it via component instead of HDMI/DVI, but you won't get the upscaling that was part of the point of buying the Oppo in the first place. Try it and see if the picture is acceptable to you.
From the AVS thread, it sounds like you won't get any satisfaction from Sanyo's customer service. The Oppo folks are supposed to have good customer service, I'd call them and see if they can help. If you bought it from Oppo, they have a money back guarantee, so at least you wouldn't be out the cash.
Ain't copy pretection wonderful?
Bill
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Then more bad news from Steve on HomeTheaterShack forum:Found this from bluejeans cable on the varieties of DVI-I:
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(1) DVI-D only; this device has no signal available on the analog pins, but uses a DVI-I socket only to allow a DVI-I cable to be used;
(2) DVI-A only; this device has no DVI-D digital signal available, and is simply using a DVI socket as a port for accepting a regular analog signal format (usually RGBHV, which would include VGA). The device may be connected to any RGBHV device, using a DVI-I cable, a DVI/VGA cable, or a DVI breakout to five separate lines for R, G, B, H and V.
(3) True DVI-I; this device has both analog and digital capability through this port. It may autosense, using a digital signal if present or an analog signal if no digital signal is found, or the digital/analog mode may have to be selected manually by a switch or menu selection.
If your projector's DVI input can't handle digital, that would explain your problems, and you're essentially screwed. No need to keep the Oppo if tht is the case.
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And then my pretyped update on the various attempts I've made:UPDATE: (Day One)
I've tried two alternatives:
#1 Wire the Oppo output (HDMI) to the receiver, then component/RGB to the PJ.
-----Nothing. Blue screen. That seems odd.
(Yes, I reconfigured the PJ's input settings.........)
#2 Wire the Oppo (HDMI) to the PJ (with DVI-I adapter), then optical from Oppo to receiver.
Reconfigured the settings. I got an alternating blue screen (signaling a lack of input signal) to a black screen (the screen I get just before/while it recognizes an input), but then goes back to blue.
.......Spent an entire day of my life overcoming an industries desire not to have movies bootlegged.
Bob
