FWIW http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002GRUIC/
Reasonably cheap, worked fine, and arrived really fast... I'm *still* waiting for a similiar cable I ordered from surplus computers, but I digress... E. -- http://www.byopvr.com -- Build Your Own PVR site On 9/12/05, Pete Stagman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The VGA input on the TV only accepts 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. I tried > messing around with modelines to get it to go widescreen, but the tv would > cut off the picture at the edges and leave black bars like it was an SD > signal. > > I guess I'll go with the DVI to HDMI converter cable. > > Well, if you had a video card with an audio->HDMI pass-through from a > soundcard it would work. Probably wouldn't be very hard to do. > > Thanks for the input, > > --P > > > On 9/12/05, Erik Pettersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > While I'm sure there are some die hard folks out there who prefer all > > things analog, a DVI ->HDMI cable is probably "best" IMHO. Assuming > > that connection on your TV isn't already taken up by somethign else, > > of course. Of course the VGA input is probably the "easiest". I'm a > > little confused though, is your TV not widescreen or is it just that > > the VGA input on the TV doesn't accept anything higher than 1024x768? > > > > There's no such thing as a native PC video card with HDMI output > > (yet?). There'd need to be some sort of marriage between the video > > card and audio folks / Specs to make this happen if I understand > > correctly. DVI just carries video, HDMI carries both audio and video. > > > > *shrug* At least I'm pretty sure the above is correct ;) YMMV > > > > E. > > -- > > http://www.byopvr.com -- Build Your Own PVR > > > > On 9/12/05, Pete Stagman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I've been using MythTV for over a year now and finally got an HDTV TV. > > > > > > PCHDTV card coming soon. > > > > > > My new HDTV TV has multiple inputs. HDMI, Component, S-video and VGA. > (max > > > resolution on the VGA is 1024x768, no widescreen) > > > > > > What is going to get me the best picture? > > > VGA to Component converter? > > > DVI to HDMI cable? > > > Or is there a better way? > > > > > > Is there a video card that has native HDMI? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > --Pete > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
