Envy 23 Protected Content Error in Window Media Center

I have a brand new HP Envy 23 with Windows 8 and Intel HD Graphics. I run Windows Media Center and have an HD Homerun Cable Card TV Tuner attached on my network so Media Center can redord HD Cable programs.
Recorded programs play back fine to my XBOX360 Media Center Extender, however, if I try to watch a recorded show on the HP Envy (which is the machine doing the actual recording) I get an error message that the Display Device Does Not Support the Playback of Protected Content.
I was hoping a display driver update might fix this, but I don't see any available. Since HP offers this machine with a TV tuner, and with Blu-Ray, I would think the Intel HD Grapics Hardware and the display would support HD playback.
Has anyone else encountered this, and found a solution?
Thanks!

Hi jfmcgowan,
I have been researching the problem that you are having and came across several other people that were having the same problem. The closest thing that I could find to a solution was the link below. It is regarding Contect Protection Messages Interrupt View of High Definition Movies. Try that out and let me know.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c01530801
Thank you,
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue.
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I work on behalf of HP

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You don't say how your devices are connected, whether through your Verizon router or some other way. If through, say, an Actiontec then you may be having bottleneck issues. I used to run all my devices through my Actiontec and got poor transfer speeds (it only handles 10/100). Moving everything on my network to a 10/100/1000 switch helped my transfer speeds to shoot right up ten fold. This way only the switch gets connected to my Actiontec and my network devices can still get out on the 'net if needed.
It's ok to try to reinvent the wheel, but just make sure it's round.

Windows Media Center TV Guide DATA servers at AKAMAI and MS are broken

For the love of ... can someone in here with actual direct contact to NETWORK Engineers @Microsoft, let them know that Windows Media Center is broken. in both my 3 year old working SSD drive with W7 Home Premium which has been working
up to a month ago or so, and the FRESH install on a new drive with ALL the updates, except those that failed, are both not getting TV Guide data , so recording can not be scheduled
I have been told by folks at Silicodust.com and at AVSforum and TheGreen Button forums , it has to do with regional DNS servers pointing to the wrong or broken AKAMAI servers , but even when given direct server name and IP addresses
and added those the the HOSTS file and then flushed the DNS settings withing Windows 7 , the error messages go away and you can see SOME files get downloaded but the DATA always fails
the paranoid little person in me keep telling me, maybe MS is giving up on WMC or they are doing it to force us to upgrade to 9. sure wish things would get fixed either way or just start charging us for WMC separetely for
it, so we can rely on tv guide data
thanks

You need a tv tuner card to watch movies, I use my cogeco hdtv as a tv tuner card, that works well with MC.
Microsoft dropped internet TV in sept 2012. Who cares about internet TV HDTV is much better for movies.

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