Yesterday I was in a debate with a fellow over when we would have 3-D Blu-Ray available at work to watch movies on. I reminded him that there is only one movie currently available for 3-D Blu-Ray. Without any content, there is nothing to watch. That did not satisfy him at all. Randall told him that there were some hardware problems that we were working through since this was a new equipment. That did not seem to satisfy him either.
But what if you want to run a non 3D movie on the latest 120 Mhz monitor? Tom Petersen talks about that issue in a recent blog post.
Ok, so you’ve got yourself a new 3D-capable 120Hz monitor for playing back games and videos in stereo 3D mode, but then you also decide to take advantage of that higher refresh rate even when playing back non 3D videos like Blu-ray Movies. You set your display to 120Hz and try to run the Bly-ray movie and then something is not right and the reason for that is the HDCP protection that is being used with the Blu-ray video. But why it is not working when your new 120Hz monitor does say HDCP compliant? There is one interesting catch that nobody is focusing on and that is the fact that your new 120Hz monitor is indeed HDCP compliant, but only when used at 60Hz refresh rate.
via : Playing Blu-ray Movies (non-3D) on a 120Hz 3D-ready LCD Monitor
If you’re looking for a good bridesmaid gifts — this blue ray player is it! I got one for my friend Susan and it was a huge hit at her wedding shower. They even used it to play a DVD someone else made for her. So cool!
The problem on Blu Ray play back using Cyberlink PowerDVD10 Ultra markII
is likely to be resolved if you have a Acer 245GD monitor. It is, as far as I know, the first commercially available 3D vision monitor to have HDCP compliance at 120HZ. More manufacturers of 3D monitors are likely to follow Acer in this respect
The comments about playing Blu -Ray on a 120 Hz monitor are spot on. I have been trying for two months to resolve the problem with my Samsung 2233RZ monitor and Cyberlink Power DVD 10 Ultra markII. The Samsung is only HDCP compliant at 60 Hz but the specs don’t tell you that The only way around it is to reset the monitor to 60 Hz. Which then asks the question how will it play 3D BluRay which demands 120MHz on Nvidia 3D vision. As far as I know there are no PC monitors available which are HDCP compliant at 120Hz.. Seems like there is a real problem in the industry getting clarification out to customers. I eventually went for other software which is a background workaround-you can guess what that is but it should not be happening