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220-1101 · Question #99

A user is trying to play a DVD on a projector. The user can hear the audio; however, the projector is showing an error message that states: HDMI Blocked due to Copy Protection Which of the following i

The correct answer is C. The projector does not support the necessary HDCP protocol.. Protected content. If you encounter an error that indicates unauthorized content or an HDCP error: • DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt all provide support for the Digital Rights Management (DRM) mechanism High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). HDCP allows a conte

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Question

A user is trying to play a DVD on a projector. The user can hear the audio; however, the projector is showing an error message that states:

HDMI Blocked due to Copy Protection Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of the error?

Options

  • AThe HDMI cannot carry the signal from the DVD to the projector.
  • BThe user needs to switch from HDMI to a cable standard such as DisplayPort.
  • CThe projector does not support the necessary HDCP protocol.
  • DThe user needs to enable cony-protected sources in the projector's settings.

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    2% (1)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    95% (41)

Explanation

Protected content. If you encounter an error that indicates unauthorized content or an HDCP error: • DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, and Thunderbolt all provide support for the Digital Rights Management (DRM) mechanism High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). HDCP allows a content source (such as a Blu-ray disc) to disable itself if the display adapter and monitor and/or speaker system do not support HDCP and fail to authenticate themselves with the playback source. There have been various iterations of HDCP (at time of writing the current version is 2.2) and backward-compatibility can be problematic as authentication may fail between devices that support different versions of the standard. Displaying devices must support HDCP to stream videos. It either supports it or not. You can't

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