DVI to HDMI cable?
I am trying to display an HD movie on my PC, being viewed via VLC player, to my HD tv.
To do this I think I just need a DVI to HDMI cable and carry the sound seperately via the sound card to my home cinema system (have done this already but using DIVX movies), I have looked for the cables but the price varies so much! From 80p from Amazon with £4 postage thru the Ebay channels starting at £4 + postage up to the £30 versions. Are they really any different? How much should I be looking to pay? |
can you not use the VGA cable i do on mine and its perfect if you get the res right and your tv will support it , it will show a hd films ok
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High end TFT televisions dont have a VGA port. I was pissed off to discover that myself. As the signal is digital then theres no point at all paying for an expensive cable.
Simon |
Originally Posted by GC8
(Post 8096031)
High end TFT televisions dont have a VGA port. I was pissed off to discover that myself. As the signal is digital then theres no point at all paying for an expensive cable.
Simon |
Originally Posted by antc
(Post 8096044)
My sony Bravia 3 Months old has one?
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sorry thought £1000 on a 40" LCD would be high end enough obviously not
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The lower models in the ony range have one. When I got mine Id looked at one in Currys that had a VGA in D-Sub, but mine (a 'W' model, the equivalent is the 'X' according to Sony) and the 'V' model below it didnt have a VGA port. Whether this has changed I dont know, but Sony Technical said that VGA wasnt and wouldnt be supported on high end kit.
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my bad i could have the V then just tried looking but quite hard when its on the wall :D all i know its Kdl - 40D 3500/4000 and its 1080p
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I posted a similar question a while ago and got cables & connectors pretty cheap from here :
Premium HDMI Cables I got a 12m HDMI cable and DVI-HDMI adaptor for £30 & they work fine. You can buy graphics cards these days that can also carry sound signal over HDMI, but I did it with using seperate coax cable. |
The Gadget Show did a test on HDMI cables comparing el-cheapo, mid-price and foofing expensive, and they couldn't spot any difference with the naked eye, and they were peering up close on a pretty huge screen. I guess if you used some really fancy test gear you'd measure a difference, but I wouldn't splash out too much.
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Originally Posted by antc
(Post 8096067)
sorry thought £1000 on a 40" LCD would be high end enough obviously not
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Buy cheapest you can find, ive seen HDMI cables in Currys for nearly £100:eek2:
Got a cheapo from Asda for £8 works a treat, its a digital signal anyway IIRC its not affected by the cable. Chris |
Originally Posted by MJW
(Post 8096189)
I posted a similar question a while ago and got cables & connectors pretty cheap from here :
Premium HDMI Cables I got a 12m HDMI cable and DVI-HDMI adaptor for £30 & they work fine. You can buy graphics cards these days that can also carry sound signal over HDMI, but I did it with using seperate coax cable. Expensive digital cables are a massive con and I wouldn't deal with a firm that made or sold them, as from that you can see what their opinion of you is. |
exactly I see it all the time with customers who just bought a new tv and needing a aerial , currys selling them the 1.5mtr lead for about £80. They was 70 year old ffs con artists
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Originally Posted by GC8
(Post 8097837)
'Premium cables'; £30 HDMI? Why, when its a digital signal so the cheapest Chinese piece of tat will work just as well? There's only an advantage to be had with a decent cable, when you're working with an analogue signal. The sound quality isn't dependant on the signal quality in a digital signal, as long as the binary code gets through (and it will on a piece of doorbell wire!), then the sound you hear from the converter will be perfect.
Expensive digital cables are a massive con and I wouldn't deal with a firm that made or sold them, as from that you can see what their opinion of you is. |
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