Just went to an old clients house to give him quote on an upgrade to a new projector and system. Frustratingly he had purchased this [Link: amazon.com] on a whim to see if he could limp it along and integrate the xbox 1.

After telling him about content protection, HDCP etc etc he asked if we could just give it a try. Skeptical and feeling a bit cocky I said, sure!.....Sure enough it worked. Just fine. Picture was fine, Xbox1 passed everything. Netflix, HBO, Games. Power cycled it a few times to see and it booted every time. Baffled I switched it to his blu-ray player and it passed. Finally tried his X1 box and worked fine. WTF?

How come a $600 HDbaseT kit is a total crapshoot but this $30 "hack" piece works just fine? obviously its "illegal". but it works. Now im off with an hour of labor and no upgrade (until it doesn't work)