Fairly Basic Question About Adaptors

[handscombmp]

As the title says it's a fairly basic and stupid question but i thought i'd just check as it doesn't hurt to.

Basicly i'm going to be buying this HDMI to DVI adaptor and i'm just wondering if it would work from DVI (GPU) to HDMI (TV) as i can't see why not but you never know.
Espically as the people that have written reviews seem to have used it for connecting a ps3/xbox up to a monitor.

Just one question to tag onto the end, do HDMI cables acept pc signals such as 1680x1050.

[staffsMike]

Not a bad price as they go.

Anyway.. yep it shouldn't have any problems going to your TV, my display port to HDMI adapter worked fine to my tv and montior. It should just see it as it would see an xbox or any other source.

It will do at least 1920 x 1080 since it is what is used for blu ray So 1680 x1050 is fine but it should go to the TV's resolution not the PC monitors..

[Steve B]

Yes it should work - there may be some issues with HDCP that someone else might be able to clarify. I'm not sure whether this applies to the DVI port as well.

The question is whether your TV supports the resolution, rather than the cable. What resolution is the TV?

[handscombmp]

The question is whether your TV supports the resolution, rather than the cable. What resolution is the TV?

1920x1080 so i know the tv will acept it, it was just whether cable would.

I hope there aren't HDCP issues as it will be used for blu ray at some point but i don't see why there should be.

[staffsMike]

Graphics card supports it, TV almost certainly does so I don't see why you would.

[Funkstar]

HDMI is just DVI with HDCP and digital audio tacked on. The video signaling is exactly the same. So if DVI can handle the recolution, the so can HDMI. The real quastion is what will the screen do about it? Probably scale it really badly to be honest.

Some TVs (Samsung I think) used to throw a fit it it didn't see HDCP on the HDMI port, even if the HDCP was telling it that there was no secure path in operation, the screen needed to be told that, it wouldn't just assume it. I haven't heard of this for a while though.