Thanks for the clarification. I didn't know that. So with a DVI output I can get a DVI-HDMI cable converter and get the video to the TV. I then send the audio over spdif or something that's accepted by the receiver? Seems to make sense. Thanks, Mark On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Florin Andrei <florin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> Forget everything I just said. It's DVI on the monitors and HDMI on >> TVs. We're using DVI here. > > It doesn't matter. Electrically they are the same. It's the same wires > and same signals, just in differently shaped connectors. That's why the > DVI-to-HDMI "converters" are really just plastic boxes with a bunch of > criss-crossing wires. So if it works with DVI, it's got to work fine > with HDMI too. > > The only difference is that HDMI has additional wires to carry sound, > along with image. > > -- > Florin Andrei > > http://florin.myip.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
