DaneDK
Novice Member
Hello all in here.....and sorry, if this issue has been raised many times before! If so, please just link me to the answer thank you! ;-)
Quick equipment details:
1. Onkyo TX-NR905 surround receiver, THX Ultra 2, HDMI v1.3a(Top-model at the time). Recently updated the main firmware(v1.08-v1.09) and HDMI(v1.01-v1.02) firmware, hoping to fix this issue....but this made no difference.
2. Panasonic PX-80(old Plasma TV model)
3. JVC HD1 D-ila, cinema projector
4. ShieldTV Pro, 2019 edition.
And everything connected via HDMI cables. The receiver acts as a HDMI pass-through switch for my TV and projector(it has 2 HDMI outputs)
My situation is this, I recently bought a Nvidia ShieldTV Pro(2019 model), that replaces an older Popcornhour A-500 mediaplayer.
All was fine undtill I tried switching output from the Shield to 1080p/23.976Hz. I would now get a black screen undtill the output setting was auto-reset back to 1080/60Hz by the ShieldTV device. However, this only happens when I choose a 23.976Hz output. The other refreshrates where fine. I then tried connecting directly to my tv and now I suddenly could get the 23.976 output to work. So there is apparently something different about how 23.976Hz is output vs the other refreshrates.
I never had this issue with my Popcornhour A-500.
The only difference between the A-500 and Shield(that I could think of) was that Shield is a HDMI v2.0 device(HDCP 2.2). And the A-500 is a HDMI v1.4 device.
So in a last effort, I tried buying a HDCP converter. This is a small device that takes a HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 signal and converts it to a "older" HDMI v1.4 signal.
Received the converter today and have just come back from testing this combi out.....which unfortunatly made no difference! crying face
So I have basically exhausted all my options/ideas at this point. And now figured, I would try and see if others have had same problem and what solution they came up with. And just to be clear, I'm not looking for those "just go buy a new receiver" advices! ;-P
Money are low at the moment(and in the next forseeable future), plus my TV/pj can't utilize the newer features on todays receivers anyway. So I really would like to get the Shield to "play nice" with my Onkyo receiver! Hope there is some clever people in here! ;-)
It's not the cables, as it works when direcly connecting the Shield. But I have tried new HDMI cables anyway(also because I didn't mind having a spare laying about, for troubleshooting another time). And it's not some "new fault" in my Onkyo receiver, as the other mediaplayer has no issue with 23.976hz or even 24.00Hz signals.
So, it's must be a "Nvidia ShieldTV" specific issue......at least, that is my current conclusion!
Ps: I use Kodi for moviefiles playback. And yes, it's the same issue when I test the different refreshrate options in Kodi. All but the 23.976Hz option work.
Kind regards
Daniel
Quick equipment details:
1. Onkyo TX-NR905 surround receiver, THX Ultra 2, HDMI v1.3a(Top-model at the time). Recently updated the main firmware(v1.08-v1.09) and HDMI(v1.01-v1.02) firmware, hoping to fix this issue....but this made no difference.
2. Panasonic PX-80(old Plasma TV model)
3. JVC HD1 D-ila, cinema projector
4. ShieldTV Pro, 2019 edition.
And everything connected via HDMI cables. The receiver acts as a HDMI pass-through switch for my TV and projector(it has 2 HDMI outputs)
My situation is this, I recently bought a Nvidia ShieldTV Pro(2019 model), that replaces an older Popcornhour A-500 mediaplayer.
All was fine undtill I tried switching output from the Shield to 1080p/23.976Hz. I would now get a black screen undtill the output setting was auto-reset back to 1080/60Hz by the ShieldTV device. However, this only happens when I choose a 23.976Hz output. The other refreshrates where fine. I then tried connecting directly to my tv and now I suddenly could get the 23.976 output to work. So there is apparently something different about how 23.976Hz is output vs the other refreshrates.
I never had this issue with my Popcornhour A-500.
The only difference between the A-500 and Shield(that I could think of) was that Shield is a HDMI v2.0 device(HDCP 2.2). And the A-500 is a HDMI v1.4 device.
So in a last effort, I tried buying a HDCP converter. This is a small device that takes a HDMI 2.0/HDCP 2.2 signal and converts it to a "older" HDMI v1.4 signal.
Received the converter today and have just come back from testing this combi out.....which unfortunatly made no difference! crying face
So I have basically exhausted all my options/ideas at this point. And now figured, I would try and see if others have had same problem and what solution they came up with. And just to be clear, I'm not looking for those "just go buy a new receiver" advices! ;-P
Money are low at the moment(and in the next forseeable future), plus my TV/pj can't utilize the newer features on todays receivers anyway. So I really would like to get the Shield to "play nice" with my Onkyo receiver! Hope there is some clever people in here! ;-)
It's not the cables, as it works when direcly connecting the Shield. But I have tried new HDMI cables anyway(also because I didn't mind having a spare laying about, for troubleshooting another time). And it's not some "new fault" in my Onkyo receiver, as the other mediaplayer has no issue with 23.976hz or even 24.00Hz signals.
So, it's must be a "Nvidia ShieldTV" specific issue......at least, that is my current conclusion!
Ps: I use Kodi for moviefiles playback. And yes, it's the same issue when I test the different refreshrate options in Kodi. All but the 23.976Hz option work.
Kind regards
Daniel