I’m trying to get a RCA DRC257N HDMI Upconvert DVD Player to work with a Planar PR5020 XGA DLP Video Projector – I have a small adapter that converts the DVD player’s HDMI to the projector’s DVI.
The DVD player’s menu and default screen, along with DVDs I’ve burnt, show up (although it seems overexposed) via the HDMI/DVI configuration I have, but when I try to play a commercial DVD I get the Anti-Piracy warning then static/snow.
From my research it seems that this ’snow’ results from the display device (in this case the projector) not having HDCP. The projector documentation claims that it features a “DVI-D digital input with HDCP decryption (High bandwidth Digital Content Protection).”
I don’t know if this will help, but when trying the setup with a LG RC199H DVD Recorded/DVD Player (w/HDMI) all I could get was a very poor picture, with little color quality, and a heavy purple tint.
What I can I do to resolve this problem?
Turns out that while the Planar website says the projector is HDCP compliant it is not.
If you are using an Upconvert DVD player, make sure that the output setting is set for 720i or 1080i; not 720p or 1080p. And then set the input Planar to also 720i or 1080i. The upscaling material should resynch and your picture will appear to be smooth and clear.
Good luck!