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Anonymous   07-06-2005 at 09:12:26 AM

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My old TV accepts the dvi connector from the Direct tv receiver. The new
TV will accept the hdmi connector. Will there be any signal loss with an
adaptor?

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Anonymous   07-06-2005 at 02:23:45 PM
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Ski wrote:
>
> My old TV accepts the dvi connector from the Direct tv receiver. The new
> TV will accept the hdmi connector. Will there be any signal loss with an
> adaptor?


A DVI cable passes Digital HD Picture only.

HDMI cable passes both Digital HD Picture & Digital Sound.

A DVI to HDMI cable passes Digital HD Picture only.

A Component Cable passes Analog HD Picture only.

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Anonymous   07-08-2005 at 06:06:22 AM
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"Dennis Mayer" <Polaris1@execpc.com> wrote in message
news:42CBDB61.D5BA9040@execpc.com...
>
>
> Ski wrote:
>>
>> My old TV accepts the dvi connector from the Direct tv receiver. The new
>> TV will accept the hdmi connector. Will there be any signal loss with an
>> adaptor?
>
>
> A DVI cable passes Digital HD Picture only.
>
> HDMI cable passes both Digital HD Picture & Digital Sound.
>
> A DVI to HDMI cable passes Digital HD Picture only.
>
> A Component Cable passes Analog HD Picture only.

Interesting info. Too bad it doesn't anser Ski's question at all.

Ski - the answer is "no".

Steve

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Anonymous   07-28-2005 at 11:26:28 AM
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> My old TV accepts the dvi connector from the Direct tv receiver. The
> new TV will accept the hdmi connector. Will there be any signal loss
> with an adaptor?

I think that DVI and HDMI are pin compatible when it comes to video. There
should be no loss with an adapter.

Also, with digital, there's not really a notion of quality loss. There
will never be a slight degradation of picture quality. If something goes
wrong, it will be very noticable.

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Ritz   07-28-2005 at 02:43:38 PM
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tq96 wrote:
>>My old TV accepts the dvi connector from the Direct tv receiver. The
>>new TV will accept the hdmi connector. Will there be any signal loss
>>with an adaptor?
>
>
> I think that DVI and HDMI are pin compatible when it comes to video. There
> should be no loss with an adapter.
>
> Also, with digital, there's not really a notion of quality loss. There
> will never be a slight degradation of picture quality. If something goes
> wrong, it will be very noticable.


Yep, no degradation at all. Not to worry.

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