So I bit the bullet and upgraded to a Radeon 5670 and Pioneer VSX-520 to get HD audio over HDMI. Had to end up getting new speakers too (so needless to say my wife was starting to get annoyed. “Speakers? Why speakers? What’s wrong with these speakers?” Which led into a discussion regarding 3-ohm and 8-ohm speakers, wire gauge, etc.)
Ever since I upgraded I’ve been having intermittent issues when watching some DVDs and Blu-Rays. The problem ONLY occurs when watching the physical media. If I enable AnyDVD, physical media works. Disk images over the network work fine. Basically what happens is that the screen will flicker purple and green, the sound will stutter, and I will often have to shut down Media Center and restart it.
Part of my whole rationale for the upgrade was being able to get rid of AnyDVD and the periodic updates for new disks. I’m guessing this is some sort of HDCP or encryption issue, but should it even BE an issue with a pure digital connection?
Here’s my setup as it stands:
Q6600 / 4GB RAM
Windows 7 HP
LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive
64GB SSD Boot / 1TB RecTV
ATI Radeon 5670 PCIe
Hauppauge HVR-2250 (x2)
Hauppauge HVR-1600 (x2)
HDMI connection goes from receiver, then from receiver to TV.
Any ideas? I think I’m going to download the Blu-Ray adviser to check and if HDCP is supported
(surely it is, my TV is a 2010 model as is the receiver.)
Thanks for the help, fellas!
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