can i hook up a dvd player to an lcd monitor?

Question

thanks for the help everyone! im still having trouble! i have a vga going out to my pc and a dvi going out into a hdmi. i used a monstor dvi to hdmi converter to use the monster dvi cable. i can switch between vga and dvi with a button on the lcd monitor. the vga comes up fine. when i turn on the dvd player and switch to dvi mode it comes up fine as well with he samsung "on" screen. BUT when i put a dvd in the samsung hd850 the scepter 19 inch x9w the screen goes lite blue then black then lite blue then black. when i take the dvd out te samsung menu comes up perfect. i tried changing the dvd specs fom 480 to 720 to 768. the lcds to res is only 1400x900. i changed from the dvd players rgb-normal to rgb-expand and from dvi A to dvi B. this is all in samsungs menu. I am pulling my hair out. the sceptre lcd displays the dvd player when it turns on but not the movie when i load it in the player!!!! What am i doing wrong? i feel like i ate a bowl of clown this morning guys! thanks!

Answer 1

It depends.

If the DVD player has a VGA output, definitely. But few DVD players do.


If the monitor has component or S-Video input then those are pretty standard outputs. Some also have component video which will give a better picture.

If the player has DVI output and the monitor has DVI input then that will work. If the player has HDMI output and the monitor has DVI input it might work, but you will need to get a HDMI to DVI-D cable.

Answer 2

No. Monitor's were meant to be driven by video cards, not the Audio / Video receptors on regular dvd players.