Any good High-Def Cardbus/PCMCIA Video Cards available?

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My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI output
on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire outputs
going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards high-end
corporate presentations, and not home video.

Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.

- Tim

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In article <6uHXd.93437$vO1.582015@nnrp1.uunet.ca>,
Mike <mike@poolsters.on.ca> wrote:
>
>"Spammay Blockay" <SPAMBLOCKER@BLOCKEDTOAVOIDSPAM.com> wrote in message
>news0nddg$5es$1@bolt.sonic.net...
>> My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
>> there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI
>> output
>> on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
>> discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire
>> outputs
>> going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards
>> high-end
>> corporate presentations, and not home video.
>>
>> Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.
>>
>> - Tim
>>
>> --
>>
>
>you could get a VGA to DVI cable...

That would mean losing much of the precision in the original signal.
It's not the getting of DVI output only, but preserving the accuracy
of the image.

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay wrote:
> My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
> there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI output
> on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
> discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire outputs
> going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards high-end
> corporate presentations, and not home video.
>
> Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.
>
> - Tim
>
If your TV has a DVI input, you can use an SVGA to DVI cable. I use one
in my setup (laptop to TV) and it works great.

click here for the SVGA to DVI cable:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_ [...] a+cable%29

-Naz

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Naz Reyes wrote:

> Spammay Blockay wrote:
>> My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
>> there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI
>> output on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is
>> now discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or
>> firewire outputs going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be
>> geared towards high-end corporate presentations, and not home video.
>>
>> Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.
>>
>> - Tim
>>
> If your TV has a DVI input, you can use an SVGA to DVI cable. I use one
> in my setup (laptop to TV) and it works great.
>
> click here for the SVGA to DVI cable:
>
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_ [...] a+cable%29

That, my friend, is an SVGA to SVGA cable that just happens to have one end
configured to use the SVGA pins on a DVI-I connector instead of the HD15
connector.

It does not support digital signalling, which appears to be what the OP is
seeking.

> -Naz

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> "dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uPIXd.15232$Pz7.8983@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> > "Mike" <mike@poolsters.on.ca> wrote in message
> > news:6uHXd.93437$vO1.582015@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> >> you could get a VGA to DVI cable...
> > Such a cable doesn't exist, at least none that will make the analog VGA
> > signals into digital DVI data.

If the interface is DVI-I, it has analog on the extra pins arranged in a +
on one side. Most consumer electronics don't use the analog option, but
many computers have it.

Leonard