Help regarding DVI-D and HDMI Please. :)

SilentIdea · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:36

Hello there,

If I chose to buy a monitor which had VGA and DVI-D inputs and had built in speakers will there be sound? Also will the quality be lower due to me using DVI-D instead of HDMI?

I heard that DVI-D does not carry sound only the image? All motherboards come with a built in soundcard don't they? Does this mean there will be sound? I dunno. :S
Thanks for any help.

Shadz · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:40

Might help to know which monitor that you are on about m8?

stulid · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:42

The monitor will probably have a 3.5mm jack on it so you just connect from the motherboards green connector into the monitor using a separate cable.

Surveyor · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:42

You'll need a separate cable to carry the sound from the motherboard to the monitor if you're using DVI.

The monitor will presumably have a jack plug for this.

SilentIdea · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:43

Hanns-G HH221DP Full HD TFT LCD 21.5" DVI-D Monitor with Speakers

So i'm going to need to buy another cable as well as the DVI-D cable?

R088ieS86 · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:44

long and short is that VGA and DVI both carry video only. HDMI carries both.
So the monitor should have sound input otherwise the speakers would be pointless.

stulid · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:47

SilentIdea said:
So i'm going to need to buy another cable as well as the DVI-D cable?

Maybe.

The specs for the monitor do say PC audio input, so I assume they either include a separate cable or they have a VGA/DVI cable included that has the extra 3.5mm jacks sort of spliced into each end with enough slack to reach the audio ports.

SilentIdea · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:53

stulid said:
Maybe.

The specs for the monitor do say PC audio input, so I assume they either include a separate cable or they have a VGA/DVI cable included that has the extra 3.5mm jacks sort of spliced into each end with enough slack to reach the audio ports.

One of the reviews said it comes with a power cable, audio cable and vga?? :rolleyes:

stulid · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:54

Good.

So you just stick a 3.5mm jack into the motherboard sound out and the other end into the monitor.

SilentIdea · 5 Jul 2011 at 22:58

stulid said:
Good.

So you just stick a 3.5mm jack into the motherboard sound out and the other end into the monitor.

Will I need to buy this jack?

Thanks for the help btw.

stulid · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:00

You said it came with power cable, VGA, and a audio cable, this will be it, a thin cable about the same length as the VGA cable and has a 3.5mm on each end.

SilentIdea · 5 Jul 2011 at 23:02

stulid said:
You said it came with power cable, VGA, and a audio cable, this will be it, a thin cable about the same length as the VGA cable and has a 3.5mm on each end.

Oh right I see.

Thanks.