Getting an DVI signal to your HDTV

[rwmj5]

I have a geforce 6600gt and a sony high def CRT display with an HDMI input. My question- has anyone had any luck getting their video card to output a 1920x1080 signal to any HDTV's digital input and actually have it work? any make or model of video card or tv. Im just wondering if ANYONE has gotten this type of signal to pass using a digital connection.

Thanks
Mike

 

[SynthDude2001]

I've connected my 6800GT to a Sony HDTV (think it was LCD projection) over DVI before (the TV actually had a DVI input). I didn't really have to do anything...the card output the right resolutions without me having to do anything - I could even see the boot screens before Windows loaded. I believe it will automatically compensate for overscan; the actual resolution it was outputting was something like 1766x992 I believe. I imagine you could probably change this if you wanted to, but it was just a one-night thing for me at a LAN party, and it worked for me.

Edit: Obligatory pic.

 

[shock311]

check out www.htpcnews.com, and look for their guide under powerstrip to select the timings and resolution for an HDTV. hope that helps.

 

[Lordicus]

I use on a daily basis a 9600pro DVI to DVI on my HDTV.
The resolutions available depend largely on driver support. If you do not have proper support you can try via PowerStrip. Do so at your own risk </warning>

When I use my 6800 Nvidia DVI to DVI I have a lot of an easier time, overscan compensates, resolution choices are more plentiful. So I would think that your 6600gt should be able to get the 1920x1080 if you TV is capable of doing so. It will most probably be interlaced,

So to answer your question alot more briefly, yes I've gotten it to work. If you want to connect via HDMI you will need adapters. If you have a VGA plug or DVI this would be easier and more fruitful.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Yeah, this should work if you get an adapter like one of these

I think shock311's idea of looking at other sites about this would help you find the best settings for your set. The HTPC section of AVSforum is another good resource on looking up solutions to issues you might run into like overscan.

 

[beansbaxter]

Wow those cables are hella cheap! Are they worth it? I was just looking on Newegg and they have this

HDMI to DVI Video Adapter on Newegg.com

YIKES!!

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: beansbaxter
Wow those cables are hella cheap! Are they worth it? I was just looking on Newegg and they have this

HDMI to DVI Video Adapter on Newegg.com

YIKES!!

Monster Cables are ridiculously overpriced, in general. I haven't specifically priced out HDMI->DVI cables, but I'm relatively sure you should be able to get one for $25 or less.

 

[jiffylube1024]

I can't attest to the quality of these, but at the price they're certainly worth a look . The cables look fairly sturdy too.

This looks good as well.

Never pay >$100 for basic Monster Cables - they are some of the most overpriced cables around. Monster makes some good cables at competitive prices (such as the Monster Cable XP Navajo speaker cables, which are excellent from what I hear), but generally speaking your basic "Monster Cable" is nothing more than a higher than average quality cable at 5X the price (sometimes more).

 

[beansbaxter]

I have a super nice AMD XP 3000 box I just built, only thing lacking is an AGP 8X video card. I want to use a video card that has DVI-Out to the HDMI-Input on the back of my Samsung HD widescreen. Just installed Windows Media Center 2005 Edition...

What video card do I get?

 

[jiffylube1024]

You built an XP 3000+ with no AGP port? Does it have a PCI-Express port or just PCI?

Regardless, pretty much any cheap ATI video card (in whatever format you need - PCI-E or just plain old PCI) should do the trick as pretty much all DVI-equipped ATI cards have excellent 2D.

Regarding your Samsung HD widescreen - what type of HDTV is it - CRT Projection (also called simply "projection" sometimes), LCD, DLP projection, Plasma?

If it's for text, a CRT projection screen won't look so hot. All of the other display types are what's known as "fixed pixel" displays and should look better with text. A DVI-HDMI adaptor (like the ones I linked) would do the trick for giving you a straight digital signal to your TV.

 

[beansbaxter]

No their is an AGP8X video port, I said I was just missing the video card. I television is still a CRT, I'm more concerned about just being able to record media using Media Center.

The cheapest solution is just a standard Asus GeForce4 Video Card with a DVI for $40 and a cheap PCI TV tuner for $20. All it has to do is run video, dont care about much else.

 

[kylebisme]

Well the geforce4 will do ok, but a there are no $20 tuners that are compatable with media center.

 

[rwmj5]

synth- thats awesome that you were able to hook it up to your projector with no problems. the picture looks really good. I have actually gone to avsforum and I have not really heard anything on specific settings people are using. I have only heard vague comments like 'i have gotten the dvi connection to work' but they didnt say what settings they used. I have a KD-34XBR960 and I have tried quite a bit to get it to work with a DVI to HDMI cable but it just doesnt seem to want to work. I have one question- I am using the dual monitor feature with the display being cloned, and setting the TV as the primary display. Am I hurting my chances of getting the DVI port to pass the right signal because it has to accomodate the refresh rates of my monitor too? Would I be better off jsut trying different frequencies and timings with the TV as the sole display? But if I did this, I'm not really sure how I would be able to try other settings since I wouldnt be able to see anything on the screen.