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VGA to HDMI

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  • 12-08-2012 10:48am
    #1
    Guscat
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I am looking to connect my Dell to our TV. The old tv had a VGA input so there was no problem but the new TV does not. I am not looking for sound. I can connect up the speakers from the computer.

    Can i directly connect up a VGA to HDMI (cable) even though they are A to D? Can i connect up VGA to DMI and DMI to HDMI? Will either of these work to transfer the video or do I need to get a converting unit.

    Thanks.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    You need an active box for conversion there.

    TBH a €40 graphics card that supports HDMI might be a cleaner solution.


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    Guscat
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭Guscat


    ED E wrote: »
    You need an active box for conversion there.

    TBH a €40 graphics card that supports HDMI might be a cleaner solution.

    Thanks Ed E.

    Do i really need a converter of some kind (or graphics card). Can the video signal not carry from the A to D? If not then i agree, better to get the graphics card rather than the converter unit.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    You can just adapt a VGA to DVI-D as they're mostly unidirectional and DVI-D is backwards compatible with it. With HDMI its bidirectional so you have to have something for the tv to talk to, in this case the active converter.

    I work in a building with many projectors and we've had to get an active box for when clients have HDMI(min) only netbooks/notebooks.


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