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Old December 20, 2007, 05:03 PM
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Hey guys,
My TV has HDMI and im wondering if one of these will work..

http://img.ncix.com/images/20753_Port.jpg

also i found this:
NCIX.com - Buy Generic HDMI-TO-DVI-I M/F Adapter Male to Female - HDMI-DVI-I M/F In Canada.
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Old December 20, 2007, 06:04 PM
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Both should work fine, but I would probably go with the cable instead of the adapter as there is often alot of strain put on the adapter and the adapter might actually bend to much and lose the connection.

Cables often have a little more give to them.
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Old December 20, 2007, 06:17 PM
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Understood, is there any DVI type cable where i can have a male DVI connection and TWO female DVI connections so that i can plug my PC and my receiver into my TV?
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Old December 20, 2007, 07:06 PM
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I don't think so. If I understand you correctly I think you would need to go from PC to Receiver and then from Receiver to TV.

Maybe explain your setup and what you are trying to accomplish.
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Old December 20, 2007, 07:13 PM
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I want to plug my PC and Sat. Receiver right into my TV, but there is only one DVI plug in on my tv.. being used by my Receiver, one second ill run down and check to see if i could plug into my receiver.
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Old December 20, 2007, 07:18 PM
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K so there are 4 open S-video ports, 1 DVI on the back of my receiver (going into my tv) and 1 DVI connection on my TV (taken up by the receiver.)
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Old December 21, 2007, 04:42 AM
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If you want to connect multiple sources to your tv but your tv only has 1 digital input. Then you need use either a reciever with multiple free HDMI/Component video ports for HD signals or a digital AV switchbox. My reciever for example has a but load of connections. The only downside is that if you plug a device in with HDMI and then connect a TV to the component video it won't pas through it has to be connected to the hdmi port.
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Old December 21, 2007, 06:51 AM
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If i connect it with just the S-video, could i still run the PC at my mas resolution for the 7900 GS? The rig is mainly for overclocking, so i will be watching movies and stuff, but still..
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Old December 21, 2007, 09:29 AM
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svideo maxes out at 1024x768
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Old December 21, 2007, 11:17 AM
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So do i have to set my resolutions to that or can i set it to the max settings and it will just display at that?
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