mac min HTPC DVI output to TV w/ DVI/HDCP will it work?

[vwDavid]

Gang,

I am considering an intel core mac mini to use as a home theater PC. I know the mini comes with a mini-DVI to DVI adapter. My Toshiba TV (ca. 2002) has one DVI/HDCP connector.

Presumably it will work with a content protected source such as a DVI/HDCP DVD player, but, will it work with a mac mini DVI adapter and show video on the screen if the mac mini DVI output is not necessarily HDCP?

Anyone know?

 

[srexy]

Pretty sure it will as my Mini is outputting from its mini-DVI to an HDMI switcher then into an HDMI expansion board which I'd imagine has to be HDCP.

Worst case scenario you could use a Mini Displayport -> HDMI adapter then hook that into an HDMI -> adapter. The Mini Displayport is definitely HDCP compliant.

 

[vwDavid]

Thanks.

What is your preferred adapter config to use the mini-display port <-> DVI (which I could test with my wifes macbook before getting a mac mini)?

 

[srexy]

You could probably just use this or it's peers from Monoprice: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10246&cs_id=1024604&p_id=5999&seq=1&format=2 which is HDCP compliant and a lot neater than the the config I suggested.
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[vwDavid]

excellent, thanks