HD computer monitor & 8300HD box?

[dprice]

Excuse the somewhat off-topic post...

I'm looking at putting an LCD TV in the hobby room and I'm shocked at what a 19" LCD HDTV costs. So I figured I would look at the TVs that can be hooked up to the computer to help justify spending the cash ($400-$500 easy). Then I notice HDTV-ready (?) computer monitors without tuners which seem to run a good bit less. So...is it possible to simply plug a computer monitor into the SA8300HD box via the DVI (or whatever it is) cable? Is it possible to run a monitor and my main TV (component inputs) off the box at the same time? I think this was discussed many moons ago...

Yeah, yeah, yeah...it probably is stupid to pay an extra $7-$10/month for the box to save $150 on the TV....or I can try an HD tuner card and maybe get a more functional computer based DVR.

Thanks,

Don

[CANDY76MAN]

I'm not sure about using a computer monitor on the 8300....I'm pretty sure you would get a picture as long as the monitor has a dvi input but I'm not sure about how it would handle the resolution?

I know the 8300's sd outputs are all active all the time but I don't know if both hd outputs are active at the same time.

[tampahank]

While I'd recommend perhaps contacting the folks that make the monitor first.. I'd think it should work. DVI is DVI, HDMI is HDMI, etc..

Case in point, I've been looking at a good deal on a 32" HD LCD to replace my
main tv.. and most reviews I've read of it are of folks using it as a computer
monitor (hdmi input). (And that means either there's alot of rich folks out
there with nice computer setups, or I'm insanely cheap when it comes to TVs).

[HD_Tech]

Be sure that the monitor you are connecting the 8300 to has HDCP on the DVI/HDMI input, otherwise it won't work.

[dprice]

HDCP...I think I saw that marked on a 21" NEC monitor at Sam's Club last night...off to Google HDCP to see what it means...
Thanks,

Don

[gmclaughlin]

HDCP + High Definition Copy Protection

It is employed on both DVI and HDMI outputs of various consumer electronics equipment to protect the "pure digital" content from being "Napster-ized". Essentially, the source device sends a signal to the receiving device (the display in this case) asking "are you HDCP compliant?". It then awaits a response ("handshake") from the display before outputting the signal.

I'm sure "Wikipedia" has a more elequent response.