Sky go doesn’t work when Xbox connected to a monitor instead of a tv

[damienshevlin]

I connect my Xbox to a monitor instead of a tv and when this is the case Sky go won't work on the monitor. When I connect to a tv it works just fine. Is there any reason for this? It used to work I think at some stage. The monitor is a Lenovo G27c-10.

Anyone any ideas or help?

[Annie+UK]

HDCP? TVs have HDCP and only some monitors do

[damienshevlin]

Would it not come up with a warning to say this is the case?

[TimmyBGood]

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@damienshevlin wrote:

Would it not come up with a warning to say this is the case?

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Not necessarily, no.  As @Annie+UK indicates, it's the most likely reason (Q does require HDCP) and this page would seem to indicate that particularly monitor doesn't have it, which would seem to be a rather odd choice by Lenovo.

[damienshevlin]

Thanks for that. I can understand if I was connecting my Q box but seems odd when running through Xbox. Any idea if there could be a work around?

[Annie+UK]

Xbox still has HDCP it needs to for DVD/Bluray etc... it looks like any video outputting app can take advantage of the extra security HDCP provides

I would think that the majority of xboxes are connected to a TV and not a monitor

[damienshevlin]

If I tried playing a dvd/blu ray through monitor would there be problems too?

[TimmyBGood]

@damienshevlin 

Probably, yes: commercial optical disks will almost always require HDCP as a fundamental anti-piracy measure.

[Annie+UK]

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@damienshevlin wrote:

If I tried playing a dvd/blu ray through monitor would there be problems too?

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There is a very big probability that you'll have a problem, anything that requires HDCP will fail if the display does not have HDCP, this is to prevent the pirating of copy protected content