[LAU] HDMI ?

[Mark Knecht]

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that.

So with a DVI output I can get a DVI-HDMI cable converter and get the
video to the TV. I then send the audio over spdif or something that's
accepted by the receiver?

Seems to make sense.

Thanks,
Mark

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> Mark Knecht wrote:
>> Forget everything I just said. It's DVI on the monitors and HDMI on
>> TVs. We're using DVI here.
>
> It doesn't matter. Electrically they are the same. It's the same wires
> and same signals, just in differently shaped connectors. That's why the
> DVI-to-HDMI "converters" are really just plastic boxes with a bunch of
> criss-crossing wires. So if it works with DVI, it's got to work fine
> with HDMI too.
>
> The only difference is that HDMI has additional wires to carry sound,
> along with image.
>
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> Florin Andrei
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