HDMI

xirokx · 14 Dec 2009 at 00:45

Hi there,

Im getting a plasma that I want to connect to my ati 4890 gpu that has 2 dvi ports and 1 svideo port

I have 2 tfts that plug into the 2 dvi ports which leaves only the svideo port available to use to connect to my plasma. Svideo is analogue whereas HDMI is digital so I wanted to use one of the dvi ports.

Does this mean I cannot have 2 tfts connected to my gpu as well as my plasma?

please help me solve this

thanks

MagicBoy · 14 Dec 2009 at 00:50

You cannot connect both TFTs and the Plasma with that graphics card.

What are you going to use the Plasma for with the PC?

reiyushin · 14 Dec 2009 at 00:54

Does your TFT have a VGA port?

xirokx · 14 Dec 2009 at 00:59

to watch films on the plasma

yes my tft has a vga port

i think i will have to change the cabling around each time I want to watch a film - is that true?

MagicBoy · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:02

reiyushin said:
Does your TFT have a VGA port?

I don't see where you're coming from with this...

xirokx said:
to watch films on the plasma

yes my tft has a vga port

i think i will have to change the cabling around each time I want to watch a film - is that true?

Yes.

Either that or stick a cheap secondary graphics card in with an HDMI connector just for the plasma.

xirokx · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:04

Either that or stick a cheap secondary graphics card in with an HDMI connector just for the plasma.

Will I lose quality of image or sound by using a cheap gpu?

Werewolf · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:06

xirokx said:
Will I lose quality of image or sound by using a cheap gpu?

For films etc it's unlikely

xirokx · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:06

i think i maybe able to use a dvi splitter, so that I can have all three connected at once...

what dya reckon?

TheTard · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:14

i wouldnt suggest complicating things like that. LIke MagicBoy said, you might as well just get another GPU with HDMI out. or you could just take use a DVI to HDMI connector and just swap one of the DVI leads round the back when you want to watch a film, i mean, i doubt you will need 3 monitors on when watching a film on one screen

xirokx · 14 Dec 2009 at 01:54

this is true...

but i would still need a dvi to hdmi convertor right so that I can insert the hdmi cable into the dvi connector which plugs into the back of the gpu? - is that correct?

Dogoid · 14 Dec 2009 at 02:08

yes, you get them with most new video cards these days

reiyushin · 14 Dec 2009 at 10:33

You can run S-video to VGA - 1 TFT
Then DVI to DVI, thats 2 TFT's sorted.
Then run HDMI to HDMI (HDMI/DVI adaptor) and that's the TV sorted!

Anyone verify that this will work?

Werewolf · 14 Dec 2009 at 13:25

S-Video won't run to VGA normally (without adaptors/conversion) and will be a very low quality picture as it's TV SD (about 640x480).