Alex:

The issue is with the Plasma screen, not the BeoSystem 3. A technology called HDCP (HD content protection) is starting to be used by manufacturers and film studios. It essentially requires that all components in your system can talk to each other to assure that everything is an 'approved' component and not anything which would allow you to copy the DVD.

You'll need to change the Plasma panel, or you're going to run into this problem a lot with HD...

I think Alex is right. Although you have a DVI socket (like the BV7-32), the BV7 required a HD upgrade to support HDCP. If your TV doesn't support HDCP, you'll hear audio but not receive a video signal. ie. it will be blocked. Some TVs show fuzziness, others show nothing at all.

I am quite certain that my plasma does not have HDCP. With this I need to get in contact with the screen manufacturer. I am currently unwilling to invest on a new screen because of lack of HD sources. My test during the weekend seems to be a failure so far🙁.

BTW The local DVD rental agencies have a VERY limited offering (both in BD and HD DVDs). This might lead to postponing the whole HD project.

Mico:

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Alex:

The issue is with the Plasma screen, not the BeoSystem 3. A technology called HDCP (HD content protection) is starting to be used by manufacturers and film studios. It essentially requires that all components in your system can talk to each other to assure that everything is an 'approved' component and not anything which would allow you to copy the DVD.

You'll need to change the Plasma panel, or you're going to run into this problem a lot with HD...

Yes, this what I have been thinking as the cause as well. The thing that is puzzling me is that that I do not get any picture from the DVD player with HDMI. Not even the setup menus. Everything works fine if I use the component output. Based on the manual the HDCP is implemented in the discs, not to everything the player is sending through HDMI. And how does the Computer monitor go around this?

Only HDMI carries HDCP not component. With HDCP every component in that chain has to handshake otherwise no picture.

I understand this but how do the projectors or computer monitors go around this?

any procust that have HDMI will contain the HDCP

The difrerence is that some manufacturers use a chip set for HDCP that is very 'open to interpretation' about what hdcp is! and this means that actually you an connect most things and they work!

Rather frustratingly, you tend to find that the cheaper products allow content to be played. Hence the reason why one gets the comment that some crappy £40 player works but my $4000 BnO doesnot!

Mico:

Mico:

This is great info guys. I've just found the problem after upgrading the software on BS3. Looks like I'll need an HDMI-compliant monitor; my Full-HD Sharp AQUOS panel (of three years) only supports a DVI connection! But there's a thin silver lining to this cloud, if you accidentally set your panel to a res it can't show, you can always connect a computer monitor to the BS3 to see the menu and 'undo' the selection --- provided you're not in Full HD mode 'only' (as most small computer monitors don't support 1920 by 1280).