So here's the deal:
I got a TV Tuner card for Christmas last year (yay). Since I have a 20" monitor to watch TV on, my mom doesn't see the point in letting me have the 18" HDTV equipped with HDMI that my legally blind grandmother uses (on normal cable, no HD or anything) when she could have the 27" SDTV that she can actually [I]see[/I].
However, since the card only has composite video, it only outs 480i, which on PS3 games looks like utter shit compared to 1080p.
So here's what I got around to thinking, "There's a converter for [I]everything.[/I]" So I googled HDMI to DVI (since my monitor has one such port). I've found many cables for just this purpose, and also noted that I could still make the PS3 output sound through the RCA cables (since a monitor isn't made to take sound through DVI if it has speakers).
However, I haven't found anywhere that anyone has said if it worked this way. My monitor's native resolution is 1680x1050, so I'm just a tad shy of 1080p/i and probably couldn't do it. But I think I might be able to get 720p/i up and working, and some HD is better than no HD.
So, has anyone out there ever tried something like this? I would just like to know before spending the money on a cable.
HDMI to DVI-D is the perfect solution to be honest.
Just remember to route the audio from an alternative source, such as from Composite or Optical
Excellent. Now I don't have to shell out a few hundred.
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Oh for the love of...
I just now thought to check. My monitor isn't fucking HDCP compliant.
No HD for me. Fucking hell.
-ninja'd-
I just had another idea. Binary, do you know where I could find a Component to DVI adapter?
All the ones I'm finding go DVI to Component.
Forgot to mention it, buy one of these:
[url]http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2627[/url]
If the cable have no diodes (Which I doubt it does), then this combination would work fine.
[QUOTE=Computermaster;22654370]That's DVI to Component. Wrong way.[/QUOTE]
Is it not the same as Component to DVi... Like couldn't you plug it in the other way?
>DVI to Component
>Component to DVi
Either way you have a Component at one end and a Component at the other..
Mokkan13 you cant plug her in her (Although you can plug him in him irl :D)
That's the point.
Component to DVI means that the component cables are "She" and DVI is "He".
It's like putting a hole in a hole otherwise :/
And BTW stay away from 720/1080i, I means interlaced means ****
Unless your TV and Signal box is running on 100 or 120 hertz. But then it's not really worth the money anyway.
Progressive is more expensive, but interlaced is waste of money in my opinion, especially if you want to game on it.
In fact TV + PC = Fail
Wan't a big screen, buying a TV does not help you. Picture gets bigger, indeed. But the resolution gets even lower than before, and the monitor is not optimized for pc usage. Your eyes don't like using so huge screens as close as you sit with a PC monitor. Too bright etc. etc.
1080p for PC is even cheaper and if you got HDTV you can just plug TV in the HDMI port and PC in the DVI port. It's that simple.
[QUOTE=timesheep;22657894]Mokkan13 you cant plug her in her (Although you can plug him in him irl :D)
That's the point.
Component to DVI means that the component cables are "She" and DVI is "He".
It's like putting a hole in a hole otherwise :/[/QUOTE]
Oh that makes sense, sorry, forgot about the whole male and female thing..
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