| phil-news-nospam@ipal.net 2007-12-15, 1:13 pm |
| In alt.tv.tech.hdtv Woody <woody@spamblock.com> wrote:
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| "T Shadow" <blackhole@nowhere.void.com> wrote in message
| news:4762e1d6$0$6975$4c368faf@roadrunner
.com...
|> "D" <tarb@bk.ru> wrote in message
|> news:6b06099c-555c-49da-aa99-4b8641e19c36@s8g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
|>> Hello!
|>> According to Samsung LE-32r71b HDTV manual the TV cannot receive an
|>> image from a computer through its HDMI input, but through its d-sub
|>> only. Is it really true? How can the TV know that an image is coming
|>> from a computer, not a comsumer set-top box? My video card is
|>> Gigabyte
|>> HD 2600Pro. I would like to use a DVI-HDMI cable.
|>> Regards,
|>> Dima
|>
|> Wouldn't rule out technical reasons but probably they just don't want
|> to
|> answer questions about it. Puts the onus on you.
|>
|
| Likely because HDMI has authentication handshaking built in to its
| protocol and the PC may not be savvy to such things.
HDMI and DVI are essentially the same thing, but with different connection
and no standard for audio over DVI. Presumably you can even do HDCP over
DVI if it doesn't need the sound are part of its authentication checks.
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