hello i just bought a new video card ( 250 GTS 1GB ) and it has 3 outputs ... one DVI one AVG and one HDMI,
i CONNECTED my monitor to the DVI and my TV to the HDMI, The connector going from the comp to the TV is a HDMI to HDMI,.
for some reason i cant get my video card to register the TV. i tried the display config in the Video cards control PANEL and nothing.
any advice on how i can get the video card to identify the TV.You have probably have tried it already, but I've got to ask, have you used the TV remote to change the input to HDMI?yes Ive tried the TV and the signal doesn't show up. i have used the TV before with a different video cardwell, to get the basic things out of the way:

have you tried plugging the tv in while on and restarting the pc? i've had a similar PROBLEM with my 2 monitors and a restart helped.

have you installed all the latest drivers and such? if you have you could try using a different driver to see if that works.

if possible, you could also try a different tv. i downloaded latest drivers, i set it to detect on start up and i restarted it.
Now it shows my TV as a display but says the display does NOT support HDCP.
I think my TV is a bit to old for my new video card.

i looked up the bench mark test and it shows that the GTS 250 is barley better than a 9800 GTX( my old card that would display on my TV) so i think ill just switch my video cards.i'm not a big tv guy, but a quick wiki search found me this: HDCP's purpose is to prevent users from accessing high definition content during transmission from a source device to a display device.

in other words, its preventing your tv from receiving digital signals. this will not apply if you use VGA, and maybe DVI. Yes i believe that you have put your finger on the problem re the TV being too old. However having said that the contradiction is that you appear to have been able to plug into an HDMI input port on the TV which should indicate it is NOT too old. Now as you stated the ports on your video card that you are referring to are "3 output" ports. That means that the signal to be displayed will be the output signal of the computer. Now are you certain that the HDMI port that you are accessing on the TV is an input port. To recieve a signal from the computer you will have to select the proper source which in the case described would be your HDMI signal on your TV. truenorthIf HDCP is the problem you will need to try other means of connecting the to the TV. Here is a description and a comment about HDCP.

http://tv.about.com/od/hdtv/a/hdmidvihdcp.htmThe more I read about HDCP, the worse it GETS. It's got to be one of the WORST ideas ever in technology. I don't understand how the government could get behind a technology like this. Too many political contributions from Hollywood.

I don't support piracy, but this is ridiculous.well it looks like i got riped on my video card 200 dollars for something i can only use the ONE DVI port for the other 2 are pointless and i think i missed the 7 day return policy
Pursue the Manuf. return Policy...be aggressive but nice.
It's OK to mention the Retailer is a scumbag...they love that stuff...