Semi-OT: DVI-to-HDMI cables

[Meng Cheah]

Giles Orr wrote:
> My apologies for A) top-posting, and B) replying to myself (I wanted
> to keep the original post attached to this) ...  I'm very glad to find
> a way around the high price of HDMI cables, thanks Ted and Scott.  Can
> anyone address driving a high resolution display through an HDMI input
> using Linux?  Thanks.
>
> On Dec 30, 2007 10:13 AM, Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> I'm considering buying a 1080p LCD TV and perhaps this isn't OT at all
>> because I have every intention of using it as a monitor with Linux as
>> well as for movies.  A friend has an older Sceptre 37" and we had very
>> little trouble getting it set up at 1920x1080 with Linux - but it has
>> a VGA in.  A few of the current batch of LCD TVs come with VGA ins,
>> and I think I've seen one or two with DVI ins, but pretty much all of
>> the ones I'm looking at come with HDMI ins.  So if I don't get DVI/VGA
>> in, and I buy one of those ludicrously expensive DVI-to-HDMI cables
>> (currently about $75 each), would it allow me to run the LCD TV as a
>> monitor at a full 1920x1080 resolution?  I have a video card that will
>> support this.
>>     
I was just at Above All Electronic Surplus Ltd., 602 Bloor Street West.
They carry HDMI/DVI cables at $20 and up. The phone # are 416 588 8119/8044.

Regards

Meng
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