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so I went out to Best Buy the other day as I wanted a DVI to HDMI cable so I could hook my PC up to my TV and not be stuck with VGA
I asked a clerk there and they said this would do just that
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10082074&catid=24378
I get it home try it out and all it says is no signal
now, seeing as this cable was made to use PS3 on tvs with out HDMI I hook it up to the DVI port on my old tv and it worked like a charm
try on my tv again no dice
both my GPU and TV are HDCP compliant, though i'm sure that doesn't matter for this
anyways here's my question
because this cable is designed to go from HDMI from PS3 to DVI on your TV is that the reason it's not working? Realistically it shouldn't really matter though right, cuz the GPU and TV both have female DVI ports so it should be able to send a signal from DVI to HDMI from my computer to tv still right?
is this possible? Is the cable just wrong, should I take it back and get a new one?
XboxUnderground
How can your 'old' tv have a DVI port? It's not like DVI ports are standard for most TVs even nowadays
Anyways, how are you connecting that HDMI port to the pc? An adapter?
[QUOTE="XboxUnderground"]so I went out to Best Buy the other day as I wanted a DVI to HDMI cable so I could hook my PC up to my TV and not be stuck with VGA
I asked a clerk there and they said this would do just that
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10082074&catid=24378
I get it home try it out and all it says is no signal
now, seeing as this cable was made to use PS3 on tvs with out HDMI I hook it up to the DVI port on my old tv and it worked like a charm
try on my tv again no dice
both my GPU and TV are HDCP compliant, though i'm sure that doesn't matter for this
anyways here's my question
because this cable is designed to go from HDMI from PS3 to DVI on your TV is that the reason it's not working? Realistically it shouldn't really matter though right, cuz the GPU and TV both have female DVI ports so it should be able to send a signal from DVI to HDMI from my computer to tv still right?
is this possible? Is the cable just wrong, should I take it back and get a new one?
mikemil828
How can your 'old' tv have a DVI port? It's not like DVI ports are standard for most TVs even nowadays
Anyways, how are you connecting that HDMI port to the pc? An adapter?
my old tv is a 50" 720p DLP ;) and I've got the DVI going in to the PC and HDMI to the tvPlease Log In to post.
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