Reply With QuoteIt's my understanding, and I'm no expert on this, but HDMI is simply a combination of digital component video and digital audio.
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05-23-2008, 08:46 PM #1Magical Apelikemenace ELITE MEMBER
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Techno Geeks HELP!!!! (computer question)
I just got a new LG 1080p LCD TV...
Trying to figure the bst way to hook my PC to it
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I don't have HDMI output on my PC (vid card)
But I think I can buy a vid card w/it...
How will my audio output from the PC toTV?
Will the HDMI handle that? or will I need a special audio connect also?
Anyone done this?
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05-23-2008, 09:06 PM #2Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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You could always just get a VGA cord to hook up the video, that's easy. Plug it in and edit your computer's desktop settings... it should display two monitors, you can hook them both up at the same time, or one at a time. Most LCD's have the hook up, mine does and it's some no-name brand.
As for audio, you can get a headphone jack to RCA cord. Not sure exactly what it's called but it would looks something like this...
Amazon.com: Monster Cable THX Mini-to-RCA Audio Cable (8 Feet): Electronics
Not sure about the HDMI hookup, haven't done that myself. But I've helped a few people set up the VGA cord, and I'm 99% sure the audio to RCA cord would work fine. If you wanted surround sound, you would need a different audio connector, such as HDMI. But this setup will work fine for most purposes
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Originally Posted by squanto
You could always just get a VGA cord to hook up the video, that's easy. Plug it in and edit your computer's desktop settings... it should display two monitors, you can hook them both up at the same time, or one at a time. Most LCD's have the hook up, mine does and it's some no-name brand.
As for audio, you can get a headphone jack to RCA cord. Not sure exactly what it's called but it would looks something like this...
Amazon.com: Monster Cable THX Mini-to-RCA Audio Cable (8 Feet): Electronics
Not sure about the HDMI hookup, haven't done that myself. But I've helped a few people set up the VGA cord, and I'm 99% sure the audio to RCA cord would work fine. If you wanted surround sound, you would need a different audio connector, such as HDMI. But this setup will work fine for most purposes.
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05-23-2008, 11:18 PM #6Magical Apelikemenace ELITE MEMBER
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Someone told me RCA will support digital!?
My old school vid card has red-white-yellow RCA & S-VID out...
Can anyone confirm the RCA thing, because thats the cheapest simple solution if thats true??
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05-24-2008, 02:23 AM #7Succinct ELITE MEMBER
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A VGA is of noticeably inferior quality to HDMI, no?
Isn't there a type of converter for this? I had to get a converter to hook my HDMI monitor up too.
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A VGA signal is analog, HDMI is digital. However, I think HDMI is able to deal with both analog and digital signals, although the quality would not be good. Is that an issue? You would still need a seperate Audio output in this case. Originally Posted by Witchblade
DOMS is right. HDMI samples Y,Cr,Cb component video, the audio is embedded on this data stream. So, the best bet would be to get a video card that does HDMI to HDMI. Very little loss of video signal, but you would need to check that it does embed the audio on the video card out-which i'm not sure on.
Otherwise, a seperate audio feed would be needed from your soundcard.
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