hdmi question????

[shamus]

are all hdmi hdcp compatable???? just making sure my projector is future proof

[BMXTRIX]

Not necessarily. But, I am truly unaware of any that are not. You are 99% likely to get a unit that is HDCP compatible. Do you have a model that you are actually referring to?

[shamus]

yes.. i just got the yamaha lpx510 projector... i called yamaha and they said it is hdcp compatable but i dont see it in writing anywhere in the manual. i already got stung once with my hd toshiba ...thinking 3 years ago when i got it i was ready for the future only to find out that its component outlets wont support hdcp.

[BMXTRIX]

Well, component doesn't carry HDCP at all, so it isn't really a question of component supporting or not supporting it.

DVI & HDMI are the two players that involve HDCP, and almost every TV with a DVI/HDMI connection includes HDCP decryption. You can always check the specs on stuff on the Projector Central website as the Yammie is listed on their site as being HDCP compliant.

http://www.projectorcentral.com/Yamaha-LPX-510.htm

Page 67 of the manual includes a poor blurb about how HDMI includes a digital encryption function. This, I presume, is their reference to HDCP. They quite obviously need to make it more clear that the projector does include HDCP though.

[shamus]

thanks bmx, i feel better knowing my purchase wont be obsolete as soon as they figure out this hddvd vs blueray war(who do you think will win?) ................since i got ya here ... is there a difference between setting a projector at the longest or shortest throw range????(dont know if im wording it correctly) what i mean is if i have the option to set it between 9.9 and 14.8 feet for a 100inch diag screen, would farther away or closer give me a better picture or would they both be equal?????????????????
thanks again

[BMXTRIX]

Which will win? I don't know, but I will likely get a PS3, which puts me in the Blu-Ray camp.

Generally, further back is better for a projector, but I find that this may not be true with lesser expensive projectors which close the aperature inside the projector down as you move further away. This means that the projected image gets dimmer as you move some (not all) projectors away from the screen.

I don't think the Yamaha has this issue, so further back is better. Generally about 75% back from the available zoom range. So, if you can put it between 10 and 14 feet from your screen, I would shoot for about 13 feet.

[shamus]

thanks again... i too am waiting for the ps3...it should be interesting