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SVGA to BNC/RCA (5 connnector) - HDTV - Best price

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CableWholesale.com comes to the rescue!!!

SVGA to RCA (5 connector - not counting excluding L&R audio)
Search for "VGA to BNC":
Item = 10H1-18106 - $12.15 (6' cable)
Search for "BNC to RCA" and select item:
Item = 30X2-03100 - $0.83 * 5 = $4.15

$16.30 - not bad at all...


 
PCCables makes some very high quality inexpensive cables. I highly recommend them for long cable runs.
 
Do they make HDTV's that take RGB input (not the same as component, or "Y, Cb, and Cr" input)?

WebDude
 
OK, would this cable here work with my NEC monitor (has 5 connector bnc) and the DVI-I output jack on my PNY Verto TI4200? It gets confusing because of the different DVI connectors (DVI-I, DVI-D, DVI-A), and I'm not sure the card will output an analog signal via the DVI jack, although there are DVI to VGA adaptors I've seen, so it could possibly work.
 
I think your video card has to explicitly support DVI-I to support both analog and digital over DVI connector. DVI-D(igital?) and DVI-A(nalog?) I'm guessing.

If your monitor has DVI-I, thenthe VGA->DVI converter should work... if yours is DVI-D only, or whatever digital-only-DVI is, you'd need an expensive A/D converter. But I still don't get how these cables are supposed to connect to the back of my TV...? I think mine has component, Composite [RCA], and S-Video... but which does this contraption plug into?
 
actually what my understanding is, monitors don't have dvi-i, or dvi-d, just plane jane dvi. video cards on the other hand, do.

DVI-I can pass both dvi signals or analog signals. meaning, it is a dvi port, but if you slap on one of those cheapie converters, analog can also be passed through that port. if it is DVI-D, a converter will not work, and only digital will be passed through.

monitors dont' make that distinction, cuz it has to be a digital signal, so this dvi-d/i stuff is immaterial.
 
CRT monitors are analog (for the most part)



if you have a DVI - I port (no there is no DVI - A). DVI I is a DVI port that carries both an analog and digital signal. those $9 converters just convert the pin outs.


that DVI to 5 BNC cable should work on DVI - I ports only (most cards have DVI I ports, i think a lot of geforce 3 cards had DVI - D since they didnt do dual head)
 
There does seem to be a DVI-A, at least on paper. For a pictures of the various pin arrangements on the different DVI type connectors, see: Link
There are three types of standards you will see in DVI cables as well as many types of cross over adapter cables. I will explain several here. You should get to know what each type looks like before you go out and buy your equipment to upgrade to DVI. It's important to know how each works and which ones are needed for what you want.

DVI-D - DVI Digital (True Digital)
DVI-D is a direct digital connection between your video card and your monitor. This type of connection provides a fast transfer rate, high quality image and no quality loss due to the fact that all signals from PC's are purely digital; no digital-analog-digital conversion is needed. Unfortunately, due to the lack in conformity by the monitor and video card industry, this standard is not usually seen in either piece of hardware. (Of the two it's slightly more common on monitors)

DVI-A - DVI Analog (High-Resolution Analog)
This format is used to carry a DVI signal to an analog display, and we all know what that is ? CRT. This format is also used to carry a DVI signal to some HDTV's. Some image quality is lost of course due to the conversion process, but the format transmits a picture of higher quality than standard VGA formats. Also, this format is virtually obsolete. I have seen cables for this standard, but no equipment that actually supports it.

DVI-I - DVI Integrated (Digital and Analog in One Format)
DVI-I is the format de jour. Any video card out there that does support DVI will more often than not have a DVI-I connection on it. It supports both analog signals and digital signals in one cable. This means that the cable can transmit either a digital-to-digital signal or an analog-to-analog one, but it will not transmit crossovers of either one (digital-to-analog or analog-to-digital). It also means that if you have a DVI-I port on your video card your fine hooking up most DVI-D or DVI-A devices without needing a seperate adapter.

Note: None of these cables can be interchanged with other cables. A DVI-D cable cannot be placed on an analog system nor can a DVI-A cable be placed on a digital system. The standards can not be mixed. A DVI-I port however can accept another DVI-I, DVI-D or DVI-A cable.
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I imagine my card has both digital and analog out at the DVI-I connector at the rear, and the DVI to BNC cable would work. Not sure that I would gain any picture quality by using it though, as opposed to just getting a DVI to VGA adaptor and using a regular VGA cable.

WebDude
 
Originally posted by: WebDude
Do they make HDTV's that take RGB input (not the same as component, or "Y, Cb, and Cr" input)?

WebDude
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My Philips 55PP9352 (55" Widescreen HDTV) has 6 sets of inputs...2 that accept 480P to 1080i. One has Component inputs, the other uses a HD15 (VGA) Connector for the Video Signal, and 2 RCA inputs for the Sound. Both can accept either YPbPr or RGB signals. Changeable in the menus.

The just out '03 model replaces the HD15 with a DVI connector....

I love the TV...just got HD last week....Motorola 5100 STB...got a Component to HD15 Cable from www.Ramelectronics.com
 
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