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DVI and a plasma

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danlaudionut

I am pondering getting a 1080p plasma TV and
am thinking that I could use the 'puter's DVI output
since I heard that it has higher def than the VGA one.
(This is for DVD playback)
Plasma TV's don't com with DVI inputs that I found so
what input do I convert it to get the most from it?
HDMI ???

DanL

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RE: DVI and a plasma - mcbuddah 08:16:25 12/16/12 (1)
It should be simple & cheap. Apparently you have a DVI port on your computer. Best buy (among others) has a DVI to HDMI adapter that will handle the video signal to the TV. The computer sound can be sent by way of the comp. sound card 75ohm SPDF port into whatever digital processor you plan to use. I set up a system like this for my daughter & grandkids and the adapter was about $20.
Everything is going to the dogs
- RE: DVI and a plasma - Bones13 07:24:56 01/07/13 (0)
  I second the DVI - HDMI cable. I used one with an older DVD player that offered DVI out.
  
  I could not tell the difference from a true HDMI connection on the 720p Sony plasma I was running at the time. The main difference is that the HDMI has audio on it, where the DVI does not. You will need to make other plans for taking the sound to your receiver, or even to the TV.
  
  It is also eye opening to see what resolution a 720 or 1080 monitor actually runs at. Its much lower than a quality computer monitor nowadays, that might be half or less the size of the TV monitor.
here are two options - Joe Murphy Jr 10:54:08 12/04/12 (1)
Since you didn't mention any other components (receiver, processor, etc) nor did you mention which model of plasma, the following is based on a direct connection of the computer to the plasma.

Option #1
You will need a video card with an HDMI output if you want to go all digital, that's video and audio, directly to the plasma.

Option #2
You can use the analog audio outputs of the computer to get an audio connection to the plasma, while using a DVI-to-HDMI cable (see link below) to get the digital video to the plasma. This assumes that you have at least one HDMI input on the plasma that allows for analog audio.
- DVI2HDMI (Open in New Window)
- RE: here are two options - mcbuddah 23:03:34 12/04/12 (0)
  You should also be able to use the converter while running the audio through the digital toslink or spdif connections either into the tv or a multi-channel receiver. The receiver can process the 5.1 channel digital audio stream sent by 100% of the satellite & cable companies and 95% of the current crop of Blue-ray discs out there.
  Everything is going to the dogs

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