Hooking up HDMI only device to Component only LCD

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I bought a portta converter for the same reason. Did you buy the "HDMI to VGA/RGB" converter? That is the only one of those options that will work for what you want.

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no I bought the YPbPr to HDMI without thinking about convert up/down. They make a HDMI to YPbPr too?

I'd be interested to know if you find something that works well. I have a TV that lost all HDMIs after a lightning strike. My satellite box only has composite and HDMI.

Pretty sure this is it LINK
I'll wait for confirmation before ordering though

First, let me state the obvious: no product in the US can legally take an HDMI signal with HDCP protection and strip out the HDCP protection. So, you aren't going to find something that works so easily.

That device in your link? Did you notice that it is HDCP 1.2 compliant? Well... HDCP 1.2 is sooooo 2006, you know? Today, that is up to HDCP 2.2, meaning that anything you use today is not going to work with that device, unless it was manufactured in 2006 and hasn't received any updates. HDCP 2.3 is right around the corner. LOTS of changes coming.

Something one of my clients pointed me to and I ordered to try out is one of these devices: LINK. It is a 1 in / 2 out splitter that has the unique characteristic of stripping out HDCP. It doesn't advertise such, but in my experience (last month) it actually does. I use a frame grabber card on a computer and a Blu-Ray source. The frame grabber isn't HDCP compliant, so it just gives me blank images because of the HDCP copy protection. When I use this device, the HDCP is stripped out and the frame grabber can provide me with images. The darn little thing actually works!

That doesn't entirely resolve matters, though. You still need to convert the HDMI signal to either VGA or Component. For that, you'll need one of these: LINK. This will convert 1080p HDMI to 1080p or 1080i or 720p, whatever your old LCD can accept. It won't work with an HDMI signal that has HDCP encryption, but since you use the first box to strip out HDCP, it works.

All total, you'll spend about $70-$75, plus cables and shipping, to achieve your goal.

Good luck. Hope you find a use for your old LCD.

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ground loop hum

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My composite switch does this, but it's only noticeable when the image is static, like the Roku home screen.

I've used this product to hook up a aml8726-mx xbmc box up at a friend's house where he had only component run in the walls. It worked fine.
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I've used this product to hook up a aml8726-mx xbmc box up at a friend's house where he had only component run in the walls. It worked fine.

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An AML8726-MX running XBMC will not have HDCP protection.

An AppleTV has HDCP protection, thus your solution will not work. See HubbaBubba's post.

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I have a device from Monoprice that splits audio from HDMI sources and outputs as SPDIF, and it too strips HDCP secretly.

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Which product is that? Thanks for the heads up.