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<blockquote data-quote="gdirwin" data-source="post: 93929" data-attributes="member: 12202"><p>1080p/60 signals can be transmitted with:</p><p>- DVI-I, DVI-D or HDMI (digital)</p><p>- component (3 RCA connectors, analogue)</p><p>- VGA (standard monitor connection, analogue)</p><p></p><p>Digital is not necessarily better (IMHO) - use whatever looks best, consider the length you need and the $$$s for a good cable. Analog RGB cannot be distinquished from DVI if you have good cables...</p><p></p><p>There are also different signal level issues from what I understand - PC to DVI levels are usually matched, and cable/sat box to HDMI are matched (ie DVI is for computer level signals, HDMI is for TV level signals). A sat box to a DVI connection may not have the right levels (it will work but will be faded) whereas sat box DVI to HDMI would look better (my experience anyway).</p><p></p><p>Also be aware of the various flavours of DVI connections (DVI-D, DVI-I, single and dual layer). See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Definition_Multimedia_Interface" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Definition_Multimedia_Interface</a> .</p><p></p><p>DVI can be converted to HDMI easily, but usually it is tough to convert from Analogue to Digital or from Digital to Analogue. Some video cards (ATI Radeon) have an inexpensive DVI to component adapter - this is possible because the ATI cards have a DVI-I output which is both analogue and digital...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gdirwin, post: 93929, member: 12202"] 1080p/60 signals can be transmitted with: - DVI-I, DVI-D or HDMI (digital) - component (3 RCA connectors, analogue) - VGA (standard monitor connection, analogue) Digital is not necessarily better (IMHO) - use whatever looks best, consider the length you need and the $$$s for a good cable. Analog RGB cannot be distinquished from DVI if you have good cables... There are also different signal level issues from what I understand - PC to DVI levels are usually matched, and cable/sat box to HDMI are matched (ie DVI is for computer level signals, HDMI is for TV level signals). A sat box to a DVI connection may not have the right levels (it will work but will be faded) whereas sat box DVI to HDMI would look better (my experience anyway). Also be aware of the various flavours of DVI connections (DVI-D, DVI-I, single and dual layer). See [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI[/url] and [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Definition_Multimedia_Interface[/url] . DVI can be converted to HDMI easily, but usually it is tough to convert from Analogue to Digital or from Digital to Analogue. Some video cards (ATI Radeon) have an inexpensive DVI to component adapter - this is possible because the ATI cards have a DVI-I output which is both analogue and digital... [/QUOTE]
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