Blu-ray compatiblity with monitor

[Andrew Sotheran]

My pc: http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03522894

Blu-ray drive: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pioneer-BDC-207DBK-Internal-Blu-ray-Player/dp/B0083R9QFC/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1419966916&sr=1-1&keywords=Pioneer+BDC-207DBK

Monitor: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-S220HQLBrbd-21-5-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B005QDCCP2/ref=sr_1_2?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1418157656&sr=1-2

As I'm about to head off to University next year I want to take some movies to play on my pc, however it doesn't come with a blu-ray drive. I have found a good one and i already have the software that can run blu-ray movies Cyberlink media suite 10.

However i have been reading that only a hdmi cable with a montor with HDCP can play blu-ray movies, apparently if you run the player on a non HDCP monitor it will give you an error message.

Can someone clear this up for me, will i be able to watch blu-ray movies with my stuff above?
Ideally in a good quality.

TY for any help

Andy 😀

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You can use DVI to DVI.

 

[Andrew Sotheran]

You can use DVI to DVI.

What do you mean by that? I do have a dvi cable which links up my monitor to my GPU, but will the player work with my monitor even if it doesn't have HDCP?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

https://www.digitalconnection.com/FAQ/HDTV_12.asp
SECOND PIC is DVI

 

[Andrew Sotheran]

https://www.digitalconnection.com/FAQ/HDTV_12.asp
SECOND PIC is DVI

Ok.. Thats is basically telling me what HDCP is and what DVI is. Doesn't really answer my question.

Will i be able to watch blu-ray movies with my monitor through the dvi cable?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

If your using DVI to DVI , yes.

 

[Andrew Sotheran]

If your using DVI to DVI , yes.

So it doesn't matter if my monitor doesn't support HDCP, cause i've read a few reviews where people are having error messages as their monitor doesn't support HDCP.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Your monitor must be it states this in the description

Full HD LED Monitor

The 1920 x 1080 resolution of this LED monitor delivers excellent detail, making it perfect for advanced 1080p Full HD gaming, multimedia and productivity applications, providing advantages such as Blu-ray Disc console gaming or widescreen cinematic playback.

 

[Andrew Sotheran]

Your monitor must be it states this in the description

Full HD LED Monitor

The 1920 x 1080 resolution of this LED monitor delivers excellent detail, making it perfect for advanced 1080p Full HD gaming, multimedia and productivity applications, providing advantages such as Blu-ray Disc console gaming or widescreen cinematic playback.

Makes sense.. Amazon is always pretty limited on information but I did find a few sites that state that the monitor supports HDCP though Dvi:

http://www.cclonline.com/product/71177/ET-WS0HE-B01/Monitors/Acer-S220HQLBrbd-21-5-inch-Widescreen-Full-HD-LED-Monitor/MON0618/

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/monitors/22inchmonitors/et.ws0he.b01.html

http://www.pcworldbusiness.co.uk/catalogue/item/Acer+S220HQLBrbd+-+LED+monitor+-+21.5%22+-+1920+x+1080+FullHD+-+200+cd-m2+-+1000000001+%28dynamic%29+-+5+ms+-+DVI-D,+VGA+-+black/P146348P

There were a few sites like scan and tesco which said it didn't.

^ Me basically clearing it up for myself as well 😀

TY SR-71 😀 <3

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to help.

 

[sora]

You can use DVI to DVI.

What do you mean by that? I do have a dvi cable which links up my monitor to my GPU, but will the player work with my monitor even if it doesn't have HDCP?

Get a DVI cable to connect two DVI things together.

 

[Andrew Sotheran]

Nope, you DO need a HDCP supported monitor.

Got the blu-ray drive didn't work. Although my monitor was HDCP in the end..

 

[AfkToilet]

I have had the same issue when I bought my Blu Ray optical drive to play my favorite movies on blu ray but unfortunately I couldn't get it to play on my monitor because it does not have HDMI , I even bought a VGA To HDMI converter but I still got the same error msg when playing blu ray , plus the quality was way way down when using the converter so I wouldn't play Blu ray using the converter even if I didn't get the error and could actually play the movie. My suggestion is to get a new monitor that supports HDMI . I am getting a IPS panel monitor since color quality is really important to me , specially for movies .