Watch tv on Monitor using hdmi?

Question

If i buy a monitor with an hdmi slot will i be able to watch cable via hdmi?

Just wondering thanks...

Answer 1

If you buy an HDMI monitor today, it will be HDCP compliant, and you will be able to watch TV on it. HDCP is a protocal that was developed to protect television and movie studio's intellectual property (movies and tv shows) from being copied in HD quality and shared on the Internet. HDCP is a handshake operation where the components that are connected together talk to each other and make sure that passing the signal is approved. Once the handshake is complete, the signal will flow. If the handshake fails (something in line doesn't have approved encryption keys) the signal won't flow - no picture, no sound.

Although the older digital connection, DVI-D didn't necessarily have HDCP built in, almost all HDMI does and any HDMI equipment you buy today in the United States will.

Computer monitors do not have TV tuners. You can put a tuner card in your computer for as little as $59.00 or you can install an HDTV tuner card for quite a bit more. Haupague makes some nice HD equipment for computers.

If you want to run the monitor directly off a Satellite box or HD cable box, you don't need a computer. Just connect the HDMI and it will work. This goes for Bluray, HD-DVD and upscaling DVD players also.

Answer 2

Yes, as long as the monitor has HDCP - content protection.

Answer 3

Are you talking computer monitor or tv monitor (i.e. tv set without a tuner) Some computer monitors cannot handle hdmi content from any thing other then a pc. But all Monitor tv's will be able to. The thing you must research is the HDCP (high def copy protection) capabilities of what you are looking at. Some will be able to talk to every thing and some will not (for example my pc monitor will not work with hdmi because it is not HDCP enabled)

Answer 4

You should be able to. There is no difference between  an LCD computer monitor and a LCD flat panel TV except the options and menus and stuff. It's the same technology.