Hdmi To Dvi

Seely Booth

i just bought my ps3 with a hdmi cable and a couple of blu ray dvds. When i got home the flatscreen tv only has a dvi input. If i buy a hdmi to dvi cable will it provide bluray quality and will there be sound? thanks in advance.

ShaneU

The picture will be fine but there won't be sound, you'll need to use the red/white phono cables that came with your ps3 or buy an optical cable for sound.

Seely Booth

will the picture be blu ray quality though thanks do you know how much a cable would cost?

ShaneU

Seely Booth wrote: »

will the picture be blu ray quality though thanks do you know how much a cable would cost?

Yes it's HD quality. Around €30 probably.

mathias

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=316699

You'd probably get it cheaper if you look around , with komplett , the shipping would bring it up to 30 anyways.

Seely Booth

what about maybe peats in town?

Ciaran500

They'll probably have them, but don't buy a ridiculously priced one. The picture quality will be identical on the cheapest as the most expensive.

mathias

I always found peats to be a tad expensive myself !

http://www.peats.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?view_subcat=1&id=9094&sid=11&cid=153

They are also a " Monster " agent , which is just about the worst thing you can say about anyone selling cables , they are bound to try and spin that " superior digital cable" BS to you.

They have a 100 euro HDMI -DVI cable , a ridiculously priced fraud , in my opinion!

Seely Booth

Is there anywere in Dublin city I could check guys?

Ciaran500

Maplin (beside smyths) or a dixons (probably worse price than peats), just have a shop around and see how much they're selling them for.

Seely Booth

Thanks again guys. I might try power city actually

Seely Booth

Will it definately give me hd?

Dumdum McCarthy

i had same prob with ps3.ur hdmi cable will still work. u just gotta buy the dvi adaptor.dixons have them for bout 13 euro.hdmi cable then plugs into that.but u also gotta use ur red white jacks to get sound.my tv was a philips 42 inch!

Seely Booth

Thats my tv too! lol so an adaptor in dixons and do i need to buy other cables? will that give me the full blu ray experience?

Dumdum McCarthy

crystal clear mate

Seely Booth

Cheers man hitting dixons first thing! thanks again. will i need to buy new audio cables?

Dumdum McCarthy

u will also need a phono jack look under ur tv to see exactly what type of dvi adaptor u need.its got two screw in tpye threads on it.u will see a place for just one sound jack next to ur dvi connector.i bought a single phono jack with two outputs red white,tricky u will see if u got prob post here tomor,it is tricky

Seely Booth

thanks man im gonna by the adaptor and also might use my own audio cables that came with ps3 shuld wrk (i hope) thnks again

Dumdum McCarthy

you use the audio cables from ur playstation to get sound.u need to buy single phono jack with a red white also.thats only way i could get sound

Seely Booth

hey does that plug in to the ps3 as well? sorry for all the questions

Dumdum McCarthy

hey mate did u get it to work???

Seely Booth

Hey apologies havent been on here in days! yeah it works perfectly hdmi to dvi adaptor in dixons was all i needed! thanks again.