the connected display is not authorized to play protected movies

I have the same problem and I am pretty upset about this. I bought an IPad 2, and the hdmi cable and I can not view HD material on my (quite modern) Samsung LED TV...

Really?!?!

What is with this, I PAID itunes to get that episode of Dr Who, I want to LEGALLY watch it on my display and I can not... This is unsatisfactory

Gotta love the ******* fanboy. I love my iPad and ll it can do but this is horse ****. My tv is HDCP compliant, and just like apple can force people to adhere to a subscription model, they can force people to make their content playable AS ******* ADVERTISED BY APPLE.

Way out of line, Apple. You imply that we can watch the movies we buy from iTunes in HD using your adapter. Your Apple Store employees suggest we do just that. Many of us built our home-entertainment systems around this new "capability." Fix this now, Apple.

I have the same problem just bought a 40 dollar piece of junk and can't watch my movies on my tv. I have the RCA adapters at my grandmothers house and they work just great I wish I had them with me.

Is the movie resident on the iPad or are you using Home Sharing?

What app?

How is it Apple's fault that the rights holder of the movie do not allow playback on the tv through hdmi?

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It's their fault just as much as the movie company for selling a 40 dollar adapter that they don't tell you that you can't use unless you have a hdcp capable tv or monitor.

Uncopyrighted and DRM-free HD movies play just fine, and beautifully I may add.

It would have been better if this was mentioned in the product description. It is in the Q&A but that's really not good enough. Unless you find the cable useful for other things, I'd return it (or buy a new TV).

It doesn't work?

It's not mirroring the iPad screen?

It's not playing back YouTube, Netflix, abc player or any games or apps that allow it?

Sounds like a defective cable or iPad.

Or did you mean it doesn't work the way you thought it should, Apple did not read your mind and know the media you wanted to play would not work, did not jump out of concealment and slap it out of your hand crying," No! This will not work for what you intend, do not buy it!"

It doesn't work?

It's not mirroring the iPad screen?

Exactly.

The description of the product is:

"Use the Apple Digital AV Adapter to mirror whatever’s on your iPad 2 screen — apps, presentations, websites, and more — on your HDTV or HDMI-compatible display in up to 1080p HD (movies play at up to 720p)."

Apparently the OP (and others) have an HDTV and an IPad2 , which is all it says you need, and it is NOT mirroring whatever is on [their] iPad 2 screen. So it is not working as described, it is not mirroring the iPad screen.

The product description is incomplete, it needs a caveat about DRM content requiring an HDCP TV.

I have the same problem. I just purchased the cable because my wife wanted to watch movies we purchased on our TV. It is very frustrating that we are restricted from watching movies we have legally purchased.

The person at the apple store who sold me the cable assured me that i could play anything on My Iphone (or Itouch) on the TV.

I completely agree I bought the special HDMI adapter and cable especially so that I could watch movies rented on my i pad 2 on my TV. At first all went very well and I was delighted as I watched 2 movies ( "Tinker tailor Soldier Spy and Warrior). Since then 2 movies rented (The Ides of March and We Need to Talk About Kevin)l carry the same error message "you are not authorised to watch this movie on this display". I tunes have refunded rental costs but this is not really the point. Why don't they identify the protected movies in the details provided BEFORE you rent them? Also copyright is not infringed as you have paid the rental price and its yours for 30 days. Is there the same issue with purchased movies does any-one know the answer? Apple support don't know. It all seems a bit trial and error.

I agree, amazing.

I feel for all you guys that bulit your entertainment sustems around this. You are the guys doing it the honest legal way.

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