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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 15:22:11 GMT -5
since no one responded to me in the Help board, i'll add to this thread. i bought the Westinghouse 32inch at Target on Black Friday. Answered my question about the cables, but one other thing I was wondering. what's the difference between HDMI & HDMI - DVI cables? I have both hookups on the back of the TV HDMI cables have male HDMI ports on both ends (usually for dvd players, xbox, cable box etc.) HDMI to DVI cables are ones with Male HDMI port on one end with a Male DVI port on the other (used usually if you want to connect your pc to the television because some pc's have female dvi/mini dvi ports) hope that helps. I'm going to add something missing. HDMI-DVI does not produce any sound. It's good if you're going to hookup your gaming system/dvd player/etc to a audio receiver for the sound. I also have one HDMI and one DVI input on my tv. I have my xbox360 hooked up to the DVI port and my PS3 hooked up to the HDMI port. Both are hooked up to my audio receiver using fiber optics input.
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Post by miserere on Dec 2, 2009 18:42:20 GMT -5
Unless you want to constantly unplug and re-plug the cable in between your cable box and 360, you will need a separate cable. If you have a separate sound system, then you will need to have to either have the system output both video and audio to the TV (if it's possible) or you're going to need to look into connecting them to both, which will likely require using two cables. I just use the HD component cable thing the XBox came with. No HDMI cable. Seems to work pretty good.
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Post by angry2k9 on Dec 2, 2009 20:48:44 GMT -5
hey hitman, so you're telling me with the HDMI DVI that you could hook up the component audio cables from a surround sound system to the cable box with the HD picture from your HDMI DVI cable and get the sound and video that way?
thats sick, i got a decent samsung sorruound sound system, really never use it. now it sounds like i can
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Post by Bob Sapp on Dec 2, 2009 23:26:54 GMT -5
hey hitman, so you're telling me with the HDMI DVI that you could hook up the component audio cables from a surround sound system to the cable box with the HD picture from your HDMI DVI cable and get the sound and video that way? thats sick, i got a decent samsung sorruound sound system, really never use it. now it sounds like i can Yeah, you could do that.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2009 1:21:41 GMT -5
hey hitman, so you're telling me with the HDMI DVI that you could hook up the component audio cables from a surround sound system to the cable box with the HD picture from your HDMI DVI cable and get the sound and video that way? thats sick, i got a decent samsung sorruound sound system, really never use it. now it sounds like i can If you have a fiber optic input/output on your cable box and receiver, use that instead. If not the component audio will be just as good.
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Post by Edgeman05 on Dec 3, 2009 23:45:31 GMT -5
Also, depending on your TV provider's box, you can get HD through component cables, those are the red, blue and green. I work for AT&T uverse and I can tell you the component cables are a little lower quality, but are cheaper and more dependable than HDMI cables. If you already bought an HDMI, use it until it fails, then get component. I see where your coming from but in order to get FULL 1080P picture you need hdmi. Like others stated you can get them for as cheap as 2 dollars. I myself purchased a 15 footer sometime ago for 8 dollars and I also wasted 150 on a 3 foot monster cable. Both work the same.... So if his HDMI fails I suggest to buy a new one. Thats the ONLY way he can get true 1080p and lossless HD audio.
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