I haven't tried it yet, but supposedly there are HDMI splitters that "accidentally" remove HDCP. http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/remove-hdcp-hdmi-sign

I haven't tried it yet, but supposedly there are HDMI splitters that "accidentally" remove HDCP. http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/remove-hdcp-hdmi-signal/ http://www.tweaking4all.com/home-theatre/remove-hdcp-hdmi-si... the main thing keeping me from doing this is that there are just too many moving parts for it to be a stable replacement for a cable box.