Posted by Jeff Rife on 09/16/05 20:59

fredman (fbergnospamanio@comnospamcast.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> 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?

An HDMI cable is just a DVI cable with extra wires for audio and different
connectors. The "converter" just gets the right wires lined up.

But, you probably won't be able to use such a converter with an up-converting
DVD player, because they require HDCP, and very few displays with just DVI
support HDCP.

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