On Jul 25, 2009, at 12:59 PM, beecaretaker wrote: > I think the problem is that there are 2 DVI standards, DVI-A (found on > older kit), and DVI-D (the newer standard) > As HDMI is a digital standard, I think that it will only work with > DVI- > D as the earlier DVI-A standard is analog rather than digital. > However many cards are DVI-I (integrated digital & analog) these may > or may not work. > Wikipedia has a good article at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI#Compatibility_with_DVI > That may help point you in the right direction.
I believe this is exactly right, the problem is likely related to the type of DVI port. To complicate things, a friend that installs multimedia systems professionally has told me that he's had many cheap DVI-D-to-HDMI cables not work at all, and that simply replacing the cable with a higher quality cable solved the problem completely. I asked him if the symptom was no signal at all, and he said yes, the problem was some cheap cables were completely defective and incapable of ever working. He stressed that in his experience, scrimping on the price of a DVI-to- HDMI cable was not a very good idea. Also, the output resolutions of some video cards don't match the inputs necessary for the TV without using some extra software like SwitchResX or DisplayConfigX. These are not programs for casual users, they can screw up your display and may be difficult to rectify if things go wrong. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
