It's an educated guess, but your TV may not be giving the DRM-esque notification to the Apple TV that it's an acceptable output. If you can return that Monster cable- its a complete ripoff. A $3 HDMI works just as well, and isn't the source of your problem. Can you push content via AirPlay from your iPad?
On Jun 17, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: > I figure if you folks here can't help with this, no one can. > Certainly Best Buy people and Apple reps can't. > > My wife gave me AppleTV for Father's Day today. I was very excited-- > it meant no more having to use my iPad or the Wii to watch Netflix, > and an easy way to stream "VanFlix"--my collection of 220 ripped DVDs > from this laptop--to the main TV. > > Unfortunately, using it to stream my existing iTunes > movie/music/TV/photo libraries is currently the *only* thing it will > do. (Whoops-- will also play YouTube.) > > It will not play Netflix. It will not play "Vimeo," whatevertheheck > that is. It will not even pull my "Purchased" videos down from the > iCloud. > > In each of those cases, it starts to work, and then, 4 seconds in, it > says, "This content requires HDCP for playback," and directs me to > check my HDMI cable connection. > > I Googled that line and found dozens and dozens of complaints-- but > eventually everyone seems to figure out how to fix it. We have not. > > We've replaced the cable with a new, $60 Monster Cable. We've gone > through all the troubleshooting methods such as disconnecting each > component (in various specific orders) and then turning everything off > and then turning it all back on in a specific order. Nothing works. > > Meanwhile, I can continue to stream Netflix to the TV perfectly fine > using my iPad, with both the old and the new HDMI cables. > > So at this point, our $100 AppleTV is basically a $100 remote control > for pausing and rewinding my own ripped movies and downloaded iTunes > shows. Otherwise it won't do as much as the iPad will. > > One thing I'm wondering is if my LCD TV (Samsung, bought in 2006 for > $1700) is just broken when it comes to some HDMI inputs. The two HDMI > inputs work perfectly fine with the iPad, but it no longer will play > our AT&T U-Verse-- we have had to switch to Component Video cables > instead. We've known this for months, but I'd honestly forgotten (and > my wife didn't think about it when buying the AppleTV for me). > > What I'd really like to do is try the existing setup on another TV-- > in this house, with the same WiFi, etc. But we don't have another > HDMI TV. > > We're going to take it back to Best Buy, I suppose. But I HATE this, > because I was very excited to get it. > > Any thoughts? Other than just "Buy a new TV (that we cannot begin to > afford) and cross our fingers?" > > Thanks, > > --Van > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
