(DVI) to (HDMI) Cable.

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:07

I wish to buy a new LCD TV and also use It as my PC monitor.
Is It possible to get a DVI to HDMI connection cable to allow me to do this ? :confused:

thanks, andrew ...

wellibob · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:17

A well know electronics store do them, or simply google it m8, there are shed loads of places, all with options(male to female ...etc etc, length , quality of cabling etc etc, and decent prices to OMG over the prices :eek:

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:19

wellibob said:
A well know electronics store do them, or simply google it m8, there are shed loads of places, all with options(male to female ...etc etc, length , quality of cabling etc etc, and decent prices to OMG over the prices

thanks for the reply.

are there any known issues at all with these cables?
ie- same quality picture with a DVI to DVI standard cable ??

Mud · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:33

I have one, but tbh with my TV (Samsung LE32R73BDX) the VGA is better...VGA is 1:1 pixel mapped (at 1360x768) whilst the HDMI is 720p overscanned. The VGA is super crisp and properly calibrated (automatically), so you may want to reserve the HDMI for a HD-DVD player or PS3, etc (depending on what TV you have/are getting).

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:40

Mud said:
I have one, but tbh with my TV (Samsung LE32R73BDX) the VGA is better...VGA is 1:1 pixel mapped (at 1360x768) whilst the HDMI is 720p overscanned. The VGA is super crisp and properly calibrated (automatically), so you may want to reserve the HDMI for a HD-DVD player or PS3, etc (depending on what TV you have/are getting).

I'm looking at some Samsung HD ready tv's 23" - 26" (bedroom).
DVI or HDMI input for PC
VGA input for Xbox360 as it upscales DVD films to near HD resolutions.

davidstone28 · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:48

movingtables said:
VGA input for Xbox360 as it upscales DVD films to near HD resolutions.

Eh?

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 20:52

davidstone28 said:
Eh?

the xbox360 upscales standard DVD films to a TV with a VGA input resulting in near HD quality.
a well known fact

wellibob · 20 Jul 2006 at 22:07

I use the vga port on my A321, tis as good as you`ll need on a 32" screen.

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 22:15

wellibob said:
I use the vga port on my A321, tis as good as you`ll need on a 32" screen.

for xbox360 or pc.
i want the vga port for the xbox360.

wellibob · 20 Jul 2006 at 22:19

sorry, i use the vga input on the lcd tv , for the pc.

movingtables · 20 Jul 2006 at 22:24

HDMI to DVI-D Gold Plated 1.5m Cable
£13.00

so this cable would plug into my graphics card via the dvi connection and to my tv with the HDMI input.

i need to check before i blow £600 on a tv for my room lol.

wellibob · 20 Jul 2006 at 22:26

If you need assurance m8, you can msn me if you like.

movingtables · 21 Jul 2006 at 10:06

im still none the wiser. :confused:

can you connect a pc to the HDMI slot on the back of a HDTV ?
providing you have DVI out on your graphics card of course.

anyone ??

Mud · 21 Jul 2006 at 11:22

Yes, HDMI is DVI+TOSLink...of course the graphics card doesn't make any sound.

jmhduck · 22 Jul 2006 at 15:03

Mud said:
Yes, HDMI is DVI+TOSLink...of course the graphics card doesn't make any sound.

so what you want is a cable which will take from dvi and from 3.5mm output on soundcard

this would be nice

Shakey_Jake33 · 22 Jul 2006 at 17:51

The confusion comes because some screens have HDMI ports which are only formatted for TV use, and TV inputs have slight underscanning, so they overscan on PC inputs (such as the aforementioned Samsung, and that crappy Baier screen they sell in Asda).

You are unlucky if you have this, but I think you can tweak this anyway in ATi TrayTools or PowerStrip.

Any decent set will accept a PC input fine though. I have my PC connected to my TV (LG 26LX2R) using as DVI-HDMI cable, 1360x768 goodness

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 19:10

Personally I prefer a TFT monitor with a digi TV card