Posted by fredman on 09/16/05 18:04

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:52:11 -0400, Galley
<Galley@Spam-Jammer.galleytech.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:02:02 GMT, "Peter Studt" <peter.studt@realtor.com> spewed
>forth these words of wisdom:
>
>>I am considering purchasing a dvd player with an hdmi output as I have heard
>>such good things about the picture. However, the cables can be expensive.
>>How much do I really need to spend on a cable? They range from $8 to over
>>$100 for a 6' cable, and I have heard that a cheap cable will drop info that
>>can be seen on the tv screen.
>>
>>Help will be appreciated.
>>
>>Peter
>>
>
>Target sells HDMI cables for $35 or so.

Yeah, I saw one at Walmart for ~$49, and also saw an HDMI to DVI
converter cable (my now older WEGA hi-scan came equipped with a DVI
port that I've never used) for ~$45. I've wanted to look into a new
player that supports upscaling to 720p or 1080i but they only do it
via HDMI. Anyone run this conversion? and how well does it work?
Cheers.

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