SKQ HDMI Connection

[Peccs]

I want to view Sky channels on another tv but don't want multi-room or its cost. I just want to be able to continue watvhing the same programme if I go into our new day room extension. I have run a HDMI extension to the other room and tried to connect it to the sky q box with a HDMI splitter. Iget a message on screen saying my TV does not support a HDCP?  I have connected each tv to the sky q box separately and they bothe work fine. Is there a solution or do i need to sack sky and find another provider?

[PandJ2020]

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@Peccs wrote:

 Is there a solution or do i need to sack sky and find another provider?

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Yes a proper HDMI sender/receiver that supports HDCP and up to 2160p/60.  (expensive and will require at least CAT5)

Using a passive HDMI 'splitter' you won't get over 3m and it may not work with HDCP as it's a 2-way negotiation protocol.

Not sure you can 'sack' Sky 😆

[TimmyBGood]

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@Peccs wrote:

 Is there a solution or do i need to sack sky and find another provider?

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 No legal content source isn't using HDCP: that's what distinguishes them from the pirates.

[PandJ2020]

Depending on the length of the run you may be able to use a switch with an (not so cheap) 'active' HDMI cable.

[Peccs]

Many thanks, I'll look into it but frankly I don't think I should have to. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Peccs 

What you are trying to do is outside the HDMI/HDCP specification: consequently no platform is obliged to support it.

Trial-and-error may find a hardware and cable combination which works: HDMI 'splitters' in particular are highly variable.

[Peccs]

Many thanks, it seems like a quite a simple thing to want to do, why it has been made so complicated is beyond my level of knowledge I'm afraid. 

I feel like I am being forced to pay for multi-room when I don't want it, I just want to be able to watch what I am already paying for on another tv. 

[TimmyBGood]

@Peccs 

From memory, one place where this kind of arrangement falls down is if one television is UHD and the other is HD.