Do these exist? Or does audio need to be run separately?

1/12/2010 11:35:15 AM

There's a thread on this somewhere. I think Evan was looking around on monoprice for the device you seek.

1/12/2010 11:41:43 AM

pretty sure audio is separate

1/12/2010 11:42:01 AM

http://www.amazon.com/Gefen-EXT-HDMI-2-DVIAUD-HDmi-Audio-Adapter/dp/B000T5DTXQ

haha man look at that thing

1/12/2010 11:42:30 AM

What exactly are you trying to do?

1/12/2010 11:45:17 AM

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=101&cp_id=10114&cs_id=1011405&p_id=5369&seq=1&format=2

1/12/2010 11:49:08 AM

actually the one i posted goes in reverse of what you're doing i think

1/12/2010 11:50:41 AM

Trying to run computer video and audio to my TV via one cable.

1/12/2010 12:04:12 PM

what do you have for outputs on the comp and what are the inputs on the tv

1/12/2010 12:05:51 PM

Ideally You'd want have to have an HDMI interface on your PC/laptop.

HDMI carries digital signaling for both Audio and Video

Your PC has a DVI port, which is definitely compatible with HDMI. If you have digital audio out, you can use something like this to mux the digital video and audio, but if you only have analog audio out, you'll have to run separate cables.

1/12/2010 12:26:35 PM

Though, I'm pretty sure the better investment would be a video card with an HDMI audio header.

1/12/2010 12:31:44 PM

the monoprice version of dvi+audio->hdmi that i posted is only $41. However, if hes doing hdmi out to div+audio i dont know of anything that would do that and hes probably better off getting an hdmi-> dvi adapter + audio cable and duct taping them together.

1/12/2010 12:34:33 PM

Outputs on comp are 1x DVI, 1x VGA, analog 3.5mm audio out.

TV inputs are 3x HDMI, 2x component, 1x composite, 1x DVI, 1x RCA type composite (red/white jacks)



Ultimately, I'd like to get a receiver that allows all my blu-ray, cablebox, xbox, computer, etc to be switched through with one HDMI cable going to the TV.

1/12/2010 12:44:17 PM

is it a desktop or a laptop?

1/12/2010 12:52:23 PM

What is the exact video card, laptop model, or motherboard that you are using? My Radeon 3850, old as it is, will output both video and audio via DVI, and includes a dongle to convert that to HDMI.

1/12/2010 1:10:11 PM

DVI to HDMI cables have the potential to fuck your 1:1 mapped life all up. Depending on your TV, the HDMI port may or may not allow you to disable overscan and you'll end up trying to force a native resolution and custom timings or deal with the pixel loss. If it's a newer 1080p TV the chances of this diminish, but it's still worth checking out.

I guess it's a laptop?

1/12/2010 1:12:04 PM

dvi-d -> hdmi adapters (aka most adapters) are all digital. The video spec of hdmi is dvi, so you wont have any issues with them. If you have a dvi-a -> hdmi adapter you might have problems, but idk if i;ve ever seen one. same w/ vga->hdmi.

Basically there are two options here. Combine existing outputs into hdmi or get a card that can do hdmi. If its a desktop get a cheap pci video card that can do hdmi out. if not, idk.

1/12/2010 1:24:11 PM

Its no big deal. I just wanted to know if such a cable existed.

I plane on changing my setup with new equipment eventually anyway.

1/12/2010 2:23:02 PM

if you're looking for a general media center theres a boxee device coming out soon for pretty cheap that should be pretty cool. If you're looking for more of a computer tv type thing tho its probably not the best thing for that.

1/12/2010 2:25:59 PM