hdmi to dvi question?

Question

i am so confused on this im not exactly an electronics kind of person, but i have an hdmi dvd player and a 19" widescreen lcd monitor which is a lot nicer than my little 13" rca in my dorm and my pc is broke...so is it possible to hook the hdmi dvd player to the dvi/vga monitor...

Answer 1

Depends....

There are two versions of DVI, DVI analog (more like VGA) and DVI digital.
If your monitor supports DVI digital and HDCP (copy protection), then yes you can use a DVI-to-HDMI cable.
Check your monitor's specs.

Answer 2

DVI and VGA are "old school" "digital" connections on the newer electronics. they are both increasingly hard to find on new stuff. you will find mostly HDMI and COMPONENT video

I personnaly have never liked the quality of using an HDMI to DVI.....seems abit pixalated

Something I learned along the way is "component Video" cannot convert to HDMI( it is somewhat of a up convert)you can go from "component video" to HDMI..... but not HDMI to component video(it will play sound.not video)

Answer 3

Yes. You need a HDMI to DVI adapter cable, or an HDMI cable with a little adaptor on the end to convert it to DVI.

I am using a full cable ($38 from BlueJeans). You can also find budget cables from Monoprice.

Answer 4

Cada vez que necesito un cable lo compra en los sitios internet, lo ultimo cable lo necesitaba para conectar mi antena parabólica al televisor, necesitaba un cable grande y bueno y por supuesto que le he comprado aquí, tiene l. a. longitud perfecta y ofrece una imagen de muy buena calidad, como siempre un buena compra.