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Author Topic: DVI Inputs on Christie CP2200 Stephen Frazza Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Nutley, NJ, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 10-24-2011 04:34 AM                        Are the DVI input on a Christie digital projector meant to be used to play non-cinema things on the projector? Are you able to hook a laptop up to it and play something. If so, can you play anything you can send to the DP or does it have to be in a certain file format. Thanks for any insight into thhis.  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 10-28-2011 06:32 PM                     You can connect any DVI outputs to the Christie and I do believe the 2220 is HDCP compatible. If you connect your laptop/computer via DVI, your projector will act as a monitor, there is no special "format" required, it will display what you play. You will need to set the proper resolution though.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-28-2011 07:59 PM                     All series 2 DVI inputs are HDCP compliant. The projector will not scale DVI sources with a refresh rate greater than 48Hz. So what you feed is what you get...if you have a 1024x768 output on your puter...that is all of the pixels that will be lit up. If you check the manual on the projector, it normally lists which DVI rates are supported (same with HDSDI, if you are using them for non-DCinema). If you hook up a Blu-Ray with its output set to 1080...then you normally get a pretty-low-cost set up...but again, it won't scale so if it is a Scope movie...it will be 1920x804 with black boarders unless you zoom your lens out. -Steve  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 10-29-2011 06:15 AM                     Hi Steve Isn't blu ray using 24Hz for playback?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 10-29-2011 08:07 AM                     It can if the BluRay in question was encoded with that AND your player is set up to playback in 24fps. Below are the DVI formats (single link) supported:  |  IP: Logged Marco Giustini Film God Posts: 2713 From: Reading, UK Registered: Nov 2007 posted 10-29-2011 05:06 PM                     Thanks for mentioning the 48Hz limitation, I didn't know about it.  |  IP: Logged

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