[Farscape888]

Weve just got a 32" HDTV from novatech Hyundai Q321 32" Widescreen DVI 8ms LCD TV HDTV Sky HD Ready Display With Digital DVB-T Tuner Speakers In Black & Silver

and we have our DVD player, VCR and sky box connected together through a SCART. But what exactly is HDMI? should we be using it? how much is it?

Thanks

[BCtom]

The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is an all-digital audio/video interface capable of transmitting uncompressed streams.

No I dint know that myself, I looked it up on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

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Originally Posted by Farscape888

and we have our DVD player, VCR and sky box connected together through a SCART. But what exactly is HDMI? should we be using it? how much is it?

Thanks

You will only be able to connect via HDMI if your DVD player has the same connection or DVI (video only).

Your VCR and Sky box (unless Sky HD) are not compatable with this connection.

[booie]

To save starting a new thread i have a question myself about HDMI.
Iv seen a 32" lcd tv that is HD ready, it has an HDMI input but i dont think it has VGA or DVI input. The question is, Is it possible to connect my PC to the HDMI socket on this tv using a DVI to HDMI cable? thanks in advance for any answers given.

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Originally Posted by booie

To save starting a new thread i have a question myself about HDMI.
Iv seen a 32" lcd tv that is HD ready, it has an HDMI input but i dont think it has VGA or DVI input. The question is, Is it possible to connect my PC to the HDMI socket on this tv using a DVI to HDMI cable? thanks in advance for any answers given.

Shouldn't be a problem.

You just need a DVI > HDMI cable, connect the two together, then set your computers output resolution to one that is supported by your TV.

To get the pc's image onscreen using my notebook I....

Right click on desktop.

Select Graphics Options

Select Output to > Options are Monitor or Intel(R) Dual Display Clone > Monitor and notebook.

DVI does not carry audio. So you will have to source that somehow. You could use the audio inputs/outputs on the pc and TV, or select monitor/???? and have the pc outputting the audio.

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Last edited by TommyW : 23-10-2006 at 19:25.

[ntlhellworld]

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Originally Posted by Farscape888

But what exactly is HDMI? should we be using it?

Its like DVI (infact it IS DVI - you can get adapters), but it carries audio aswell.

HDMI is only used by HD boxes, so unless you have sky HD, a HD-DVD player or telewest TVdrive it wont give you any improvement.

Also, From the sounds of it your tv doesnt have HDMI, only DVI. So if you choose to get a HD source you will need to get a HDMI to DVI adapter for your tv.

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Originally Posted by booie

To save starting a new thread i have a question myself about HDMI.
Iv seen a 32" lcd tv that is HD ready, it has an HDMI input but i dont think it has VGA or DVI input. The question is, Is it possible to connect my PC to the HDMI socket on this tv using a DVI to HDMI cable? thanks in advance for any answers given.

This sometimes works and sometimes doesnt. Most TVs expect a HD resolution from the HDMI port (ie, 720P or 1080i) whereas most pcs will just output a standard pc resolution (ie, 1024 x 768). My TV has a big warning on the first page of the instruction manual "Do not connect PC output to HDMI port" - I dont know what it thinks will happen, but it *should* work (just dont hold me to that if it catches fire )

-Chris

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Last edited by ntlhellworld : 23-10-2006 at 21:38.

[KatharineD]

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Originally Posted by Farscape888

But what exactly is HDMI? should we be using it?

We’ve put a “jargon buster” tool on the Pioneer Windows Live Space over at http://pioneerhd.spaces.live.com giving more detail on terms like HDMI etc.

[niall campbell]

http://hdmi.com/learningcenter/installer_training.asp

this will answer everything, click on installer training