where to buy iHDMI cable

[White_lightning]

so as of last week my sling box started to report that it couldnt display HDCP shows for some reason. The solution is getting an "iHDMI" IE intelligent HDMI cable that keeps the device thinking the TV is still on.. but i cant find it anywhere locally.. any ideas where to buy one ?

[Binky]

Not local, but monoprice.com is where i get all my cabling.

[White_lightning]

Not local, but monoprice.com is where i get all my cabling.

monoprice didnt have IHDMI.. just regular HDMIs as far as i saw.

[Geor!]

To be honest, i've never heard of this technology. Then again, i'm probably a few years behind the times on it.

[White_lightning]

so the problem that im having is i have my Direct TV box.. with composite to my sling box and HDMI to my TV.
i guess Directv pushed a patch.. because as of last week if my TV was off, the directv dvr would shut down all HD signal saying there wasnt a HDCP compliant box attached..

igot around it by hooking Composites to the TV.. but its DUMB since i bought HDMI specifically for this.

the IHDMI cable aparently tells the box that "there is an HDCP compliant device here" at all times and keeps the stream of HD data open.....

[Rafa]

I wonder if it's that new "power save" feature that is causing your issue. Have you tried turning it off to see if that works? Should be in the system settings.

[Kenny_Stang]

I think the issue is that your current HDMI cable is probably an older version (1.1 or 1.2) and doesn't support the commands. What you need is an HDMI cable version 1.4 or 1.4a. You can order these off of Amazon, or you should be able to find one at most local electronic stores such as Best Buy, Fry's, or Radio Shack. Just make sure that the cable is identified as a v1.4 cable.

Here's some data about the different versions, and what they can/can't do:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4

[White_lightning]

I wonder if it's that new "power save" feature that is causing your issue. Have you tried turning it off to see if that works? Should be in the system settings.

Nope.. turned that off as soon as they pushed it.

I think the issue is that your current HDMI cable is probably an older version (1.1 or 1.2) and doesn't support the commands. What you need is an HDMI cable version 1.4 or 1.4a. You can order these off of Amazon, or you should be able to find one at most local electronic stores such as Best Buy, Fry's, or Radio Shack. Just make sure that the cable is identified as a v1.4 cable.

Here's some data about the different versions, and what they can/can't do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Version_1.4

At this stage im going to just leave it with the Composite cables.. not worth the hassles.

[CJ]

There is a handshake circuit in every HDMI cable, I believe it's pin #7 or #8. You can modify a standard cable and force the device to ignore handshake.

[STROKD]

Nope.. turned that off as soon as they pushed it.



At this stage im going to just leave it with the Composite cables.. not worth the hassles.

DTV doesn't pass true 1080P, so having a HDMI cable won't improve picture quality much over component anyway.