DVI to DMI advice

Works fine.. I've done it before..

to add the audio you'd need something like this

http://www.supermediastore.com/product/u/apogee-dvi-to-hdmi-converter-spdif-optical-toslink-coaxial-input-output

any lag is likely to be from the TV's circuitry. Decent newer TV's have a game mode that switches off any extraneous processing for lower lag times.

Good luck, and have fun. L4D2 on tv rocks :)

Edit.. unless its a relatively new card.. you might consider spending a similar amount on a new VGA card with HDMI output, like a 4850 or something.. theyre not much more than the converter

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Originally Posted by craiglester 

Works fine.. I've done it before..

 

to add the audio you'd need something like this

 

http://www.supermediastore.com/product/u/apogee-dvi-to-hdmi-converter-spdif-optical-toslink-coaxial-input-output

 

any lag is likely to be from the TV's circuitry. Decent newer TV's have a game mode that switches off any extraneous processing for lower lag times.

 

Good luck, and have fun. L4D2 on tv rocks :)

 

Edit.. unless its a relatively new card.. you might consider spending a similar amount on a new VGA card with HDMI output, like a 4850 or something.. theyre not much more than the converter

Yeah, I've used that sort of converter box, and they work very well.

They do in fact support 1080P and anything that can be sent over SPDIF/Toslink can be seamlessly converted to the TMDS signal that goes over HDMI. They don't introduce any lag because they don't process the signal, they just convert the spdif signal loop to TMDS. It's an electrical thing, not a logic thing.

In fact, I have two of them. I don't want to get into why i have two, there's a whole fiasco there, but one is completely unopened.

So, uh, if you were wanting to do audio over HDMI as well, uhm, the computer i was using back in the day that didn't have HDMI audio sort of died, so, i can cut you a deal on a gently used Monoprice DVI-to-HDMI converter w/ audio, plus Monoprice DVI and Toslink cables. Maybe an HDMI cable too.

If you just want the video, there is no difference at all between a DVI video signal and an HDMI video signal. If you just want the video, get a DVI to HDMI video cable from monoprice, or a DVI to HDMI converter dongle and an HDMI cable.

And yes, as for lag, it comes from the processing in the display itself. The Onkyo receiver i bought on 'cyber monday' has this neat feature where it interrogates the monitor about what the processing time is, and automatically resyncs the audio. It is awesome. If you don't have a receiver that does that, often the TV itself is smart enough to delay the audio to match the video, which is why it's sometimes best to run everything through the TV for input switching.