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VGA to HDMI?

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Sturmey

Hi folks. My Camelot Roundtable MKII has a VGA output as well as the three RGB connectors. I'm getting ready to buy my first 1080P Hidef TV, and have questions on how to hook up the video (audio goes direclty to my Lexicon Surround Sound processor). Is there a way to go from the VGA output directly to the HDMI connector on the TV? Or does VGA connect to DVI inputs on the TV (if there are any)? Or should I just go with the RBG connetors?

I'm looking at the Mistubishi 57" Diamond 1080P DLP, and the Samsung 1080P LED DLP TV. Very confusing, so any help woudl be much appreicated. Thanks.

Jeff

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RE: VGA to HDMI? - David Aiken 13:26:24 09/29/07 (0)
Component video/RGB and VGA are analog video signals while HDMI and DVI use digital signals for video. The difference between them is that HDMI also carries audio while DVI is video only�the video signal of both is identical and you can get cables with a HDMI connection at one end and DVI at the other but they will only carry video.

You can't connect a HDMI or DVI cable directly to analog video outputs. Many new receivers will convert analog video inputs to a HDMI output so you can connect both HDMI and analog video sources to them and run a single HDMI connection to your display, but the receiver has to digitise the analog video signal in order for this to work.

The simplest hookup would be to use RGB connections from source to display.

David Aiken

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