There is, however, a workaround that might fix this. This basically means that early adopters of 4K TVs will never be able to use the newest standards, because if the TV didn’t ship with HDCP 2.2, it simply doesn’t support it. Then just choose 'USB' as the input, browes for your photo folder, start the. I was able to get our Isignia TV to loop a slideshow from a USB drive by entering setup from the menu button>Customize my TV>Set-up as 'Store Display' instead of 'Home'. This is where the biggest problem comes into play: all HDCP 2.2-compatible TVs will have HDMI 2.0, but not all HDMI 2.0 TVs will have HDCP 2.2, and it’s not backwards compatible. It all of a sudden hit me to try going through set-up and changing to 'Store Display' mode. HDCP 2.2 itself also requires HDMI 2.0, so it’s only available on newer-model televisions. Many popular services have been supporting HDCP 2.2 for a while now-Netflix, for example, requires that the player, the TV, and any other HDMI accessories (like a sound bar) all support HDCP 2.2 before it’ll allow 4K playback. HDCP, or High-bandwidth Digital Copy Protection, is a standard that protects digital content and makes it much more difficult for digital pirates to “rip.” HDCP 2.2 is the newest version of the standard, and was specifically updated a little over a year ago to protect 4K content. RELATED: Why HDCP Causes Errors on Your HDTV, and How to Fix It You’ll Need a Second-Gen Fire TV and a TV That Supports HDCP 2.2įirst of all: this requires the second generation Amazon Fire TV, so if you have the first-gen, you’re out of luck, unfortunately.įurthermore, 4K might not be available on your TV, depending on its feature set and the other devices you have in the chain.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |