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Question about HDMI-DVI Cables

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Are there any major differences between this $8 HDMI-DVI Cable Link and the $50-100 ones that go on sale at Best Buy and Radio Shack, besides the exhorbitant price?
 
I have that exact cable, I sometimes use it to connect my HTPC to my TV, and it works like it should. Save yourself some money and get the monoprice cable.
 
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Difference? Absolutely! $42-$92 difference!
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Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
besides the exhorbitant price?
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😛
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Sorry, I threw his post into my Automatic Response Generator 2006, or ARG! for short, and that's all I got.
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I keep my auto cables responses in my sig 😉
 
Originally posted by: dquan97
Best Buy will also ask you if you want to buy a $100 replacement plan 🙂
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Cables are not eligible for replacement plan, so nope, they won't 😉

DVI is a digital signal, so from what i understand, a regular cable carries the signal just as well as an uber-expensive Monster cable 🙂
 
Originally posted by: n7

DVI is a digital signal, so from what i understand, a regular cable carries the signal just as well as an uber-expensive Monster cable 🙂
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Depending on distance, bandwidth, and signal strength.
 
there is a clearance event going on at radioshack, all of their gold series hdmi and dvi cables are $12 each. about 12 foot in length
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
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There are differences

some basic info

So I guess a particular device (like my old 9800pro) would have to be used which can sent a component signal via a DVI-I output.
 
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
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Hmmm...My guess (which may be completely wrong) is that that particular cable just takes the analog signal pins in the DVI-I connection and coverts them into a 3-RCA/Component format...although the signal itself may not be a standard Component signal. Unless your video card can output component specifically (over analog including DVI-I), you'll probably need a transcoder or something more than just a simple cable
 
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
Click to expand...

Hmmm...My guess (which may be completely wrong) is that that particular cable just takes the analog signal pins in the DVI-I connection and coverts them into a 3-RCA/Component format...although the signal itself may not be a standard Component signal. Unless your video card can output component specifically (over analog including DVI-I), you'll probably need a transcoder or something more than just a simple cable
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I figured it was doing the same thing as this off brand adapter that does the job of the ATI DVI-I to component adapter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814999903
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
Click to expand...

Hmmm...My guess (which may be completely wrong) is that that particular cable just takes the analog signal pins in the DVI-I connection and coverts them into a 3-RCA/Component format...although the signal itself may not be a standard Component signal. Unless your video card can output component specifically (over analog including DVI-I), you'll probably need a transcoder or something more than just a simple cable
Click to expand...

I figured it was doing the same thing as this off brand adapter that does the job of the ATI DVI-I to component adapter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814999903
Click to expand...

Didn't even realize there were "knockoffs" of the ATI adapter 😛

:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
Click to expand...

Hmmm...My guess (which may be completely wrong) is that that particular cable just takes the analog signal pins in the DVI-I connection and coverts them into a 3-RCA/Component format...although the signal itself may not be a standard Component signal. Unless your video card can output component specifically (over analog including DVI-I), you'll probably need a transcoder or something more than just a simple cable
Click to expand...

I figured it was doing the same thing as this off brand adapter that does the job of the ATI DVI-I to component adapter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814999903
Click to expand...

Didn't even realize there were "knockoffs" of the ATI adapter 😛

:thumbsup:
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I heard some are even of better quality than the ATI ones. I didn't really want to bother looking into it though and just got the standard ATI one.
 
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
I have a question too.. Will one of these let me connect my video card to my WEGA TV's component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/produ...023504&p_id=2508&seq=1&format=2&style=

It says

(*)The Cable Not Support your Computer Monitor Video Port, or Y , Cr, Cb Video. Your Video Source Must Provide a YpbPr Component Video Signal form the DVI-I Video Ports to Use Cable

I thought DVI was DVI!
Click to expand...

Hmmm...My guess (which may be completely wrong) is that that particular cable just takes the analog signal pins in the DVI-I connection and coverts them into a 3-RCA/Component format...although the signal itself may not be a standard Component signal. Unless your video card can output component specifically (over analog including DVI-I), you'll probably need a transcoder or something more than just a simple cable
Click to expand...

I figured it was doing the same thing as this off brand adapter that does the job of the ATI DVI-I to component adapter.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814999903
Click to expand...

Didn't even realize there were "knockoffs" of the ATI adapter 😛

:thumbsup:
Click to expand...

I heard some are even of better quality than the ATI ones. I didn't really want to bother looking into it though and just got the standard ATI one.
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Do those work with every ATI card? I assume it's not regular DVI and that ATIs output a component signal from the DVI port...

Edit: http://htpcnews.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=9263

8500 and higher cards it looks like. Mine is an 8500 AIW.

If you are going to use an ATI component adapter you need a Radeon 8500 or a Radeon 9500 or higher (this includes the 9550, which is really a 9600 GPU clocked lower), this also includes the x300 and x600 series for PCI Express. For the 8500 or 9600 All-in-Wonder cards you need the VGA to Component adapter, for all others ATI requires the DVI to Component adapter.


😕 I guess I have to use my DVI-VGA adapter, and put a VGA-component adapter on the end of that?
 
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