HDMI /DVI Cables

I am currently hooked up using component cables.

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

On 2007-01-09, Postal68 wrote:
I am currently hooked up using component cables.

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

HDMI/DVI and component are roughly equivalent in their ability to transmit HD
video signals. One might be slightly better than the other with a given set of
gear, but which is which depends on how well the ports are implemented by the
vendors.

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

No. DVI has no audio.

-Bill
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"Postal68" wrote in message
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I am currently hooked up using component cables.

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

It may...the only to find out is to try it some people see an improvement
and some like the component connection better. It did on my equipment..the
component connection resulted in a slightly "softer" picture than using a
DVI/HDMI cable, even after tweaking the picture settings on the TV.

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

The signal for DVI is the same signal as the HDMI signal without any audio.
You will need to connect the audio to your TV as you do using the component
video connection.

"Postal68" wrote...


(Straight approach. Don't take this as being sarcastic, but just cynical.)

I am currently hooked up using component cables.

Sounds good. Whats the problem?

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

Was using component (analog) keeping you awake at night? Worried you
weren't getting the "best picture"?
Hope you didn't spend more than $10. If you did, you got ripped off.
http://www.monoprice.com

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

I doubt it, but since it is digital it might make you think it is "clearer".

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

Sound would be coming out of the HDMI from your STB, but it is being
truncated off your HDMI-DVI cable.
DVI doesn't carry audio. Only HDMI carries audio. Don't worry about it.
You probably have a nice DD/DTS receiver to go with this nice new HDTV using
a seperate fiber cable, anyway? The whole "sound on the same cable" is just
another gimmick to get the lemmings to use HDMI.

Its about power and control with the entertainment industry. Nothing else.
In a perfect world for the consumer, everything use component -- and
component only.

"Eric" wrote in message
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"Postal68" wrote...


(Straight approach. Don't take this as being sarcastic, but just
cynical.)

I am currently hooked up using component cables.

Sounds good. Whats the problem?

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

Was using component (analog) keeping you awake at night? Worried you
weren't getting the "best picture"?
Hope you didn't spend more than $10. If you did, you got ripped off.
http://www.monoprice.com

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

I doubt it, but since it is digital it might make you think it is
"clearer".

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

Sound would be coming out of the HDMI from your STB, but it is being
truncated off your HDMI-DVI cable.
DVI doesn't carry audio. Only HDMI carries audio. Don't worry about it.
You probably have a nice DD/DTS receiver to go with this nice new HDTV
using a seperate fiber cable, anyway? The whole "sound on the same cable"
is just another gimmick to get the lemmings to use HDMI.

Its about power and control with the entertainment industry. Nothing
else. In a perfect world for the consumer, everything use component -- and
component only.

I tried both component and DVI/HDMI connections from my cable STB to my HDTV
and there is no question that I get a better picture using the DVI from my
STB to the HDMI input on my TV. No matter how I tweaked the picture, using
the component connection it always had a "soft" look to it. I've had the TV
professionally calibrated ( component and HDMI inputs) and the difference is
just as noticeable after the calibration. That being said...I think that the
end result of either connection is going to depend on the quality that the
TV is capable of achieving. A top of the line set probably has the
capability to display the difference more visibly than a lesser set ( may be
no difference) visible on something less than top of the line. The best
thing to do is to try both connection types and use what looks best to
you...that's all that counts in the end.
Bob

I had to give up on HDMI with my cable box. After several hours of viewing
the audio and video get out of sync (bad lip sync). This doesn't happen with
the box hooked up via component. Happily, I don't see any loss of picture
quality.

My TV is a Sony KDF-50E2000 (very common), my cable box is a Motorola
DCT6400 (also very common). The cable company can't figure out why this
lip-sync problem is happening. Any one else having lip-sync problems with
HDMI?

--
Bob D.

"Bob" wrote in message
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"Eric" wrote in message
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"Postal68" wrote...


(Straight approach. Don't take this as being sarcastic, but just
cynical.)

I am currently hooked up using component cables.

Sounds good. Whats the problem?

I purchased a HDMI/DVI cable,

Was using component (analog) keeping you awake at night? Worried you
weren't getting the "best picture"?
Hope you didn't spend more than $10. If you did, you got ripped off.
http://www.monoprice.com

1) will this result in a clearer HD picture?

I doubt it, but since it is digital it might make you think it is
"clearer".

2) Is sound also transmitted from my cable boxes HDMI output to my
Televisions DVI input ?

Sound would be coming out of the HDMI from your STB, but it is being
truncated off your HDMI-DVI cable.
DVI doesn't carry audio. Only HDMI carries audio. Don't worry about it.
You probably have a nice DD/DTS receiver to go with this nice new HDTV
using a seperate fiber cable, anyway? The whole "sound on the same
cable" is just another gimmick to get the lemmings to use HDMI.

Its about power and control with the entertainment industry. Nothing
else. In a perfect world for the consumer, everything use component --
and component only.

I tried both component and DVI/HDMI connections from my cable STB to my
HDTV and there is no question that I get a better picture using the DVI
from my STB to the HDMI input on my TV. No matter how I tweaked the
picture, using the component connection it always had a "soft" look to
it. I've had the TV professionally calibrated ( component and HDMI inputs)
and the difference is just as noticeable after the calibration. That being
said...I think that the end result of either connection is going to depend
on the quality that the TV is capable of achieving. A top of the line set
probably has the capability to display the difference more visibly than a
lesser set ( may be no difference) visible on something less than top of
the line. The best thing to do is to try both connection types and use
what looks best to you...that's all that counts in the end.
Bob