lcd tv to pc?

stryder · 19 Aug 2006 at 22:59

hi
my lcd tv has a HDMI socket on it and my graphics card has a DVI-I so i was planning on getting a cable to connect up, only problem is the cable-(Linx 1.2m Luxury Gold Plated HDMI/DVI-D Cable (CB-002-LI) ) as sold on ocuk says HDMI TO DVI-D but the socket on the my card is DVD-I, whats the difference between DVI-D and DVI-I? would i be able to use this cable? :confused:

fobose · 19 Aug 2006 at 23:54

Google is your main source of information, try using it. This is the first link I got from google and it explains it all.

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

stryder · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:11

cheers for that mate, but it doesn`t mention anything about dvi-i to hdmi. i`ll keep looking

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:20

Well if the DVI-I cables are able to transmit digital-to-digital or analog-to-analog it will be fine, as DVI and HDMI are both digital.

stryder · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:21

fobose said:
Google is your main source of information, try using it. This is the first link I got from google and it explains it all.

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html[/QUOTE
sorry about that fobose, what i meant to say was - ah yes it does mention hdmi to dvi-i

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:23

I was about to edit what I said as you said your cable was "Luxury Gold Plated HDMI/DVI-D Cable", but either way its still digital so it will be fine

stryder · 20 Aug 2006 at 00:47

one last question mate- if i buy a DVI -D to HDMI cable will it carry the sound or will i still need my phono leads?

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 09:21

Well DVI stands for Digital Visual Interface, so I wouldn't of thought so

stryder · 20 Aug 2006 at 20:56

what about dvi-i to hdmi?

fobose · 20 Aug 2006 at 21:22

Well if one end has DVI then there is no way that sound is going to pass through it.

stryder · 20 Aug 2006 at 22:09

thanks mate, i`ll leave you alone now

fobose · 21 Aug 2006 at 15:54

No problem