Dvd Player HDMI to DVI LCD Monitor

[Maviryk]

I am doing research for my next project. Does anyone out there have a DVD player with HDMI output hooked up to a regular LCD Monitor (WS or non WS)

I'm curious to see how this works. I have a potential client who wants an HD projector, except that they don't want an HTPC, just a DVD player hooked up to it. I'm trying to avoid a Tunerbox so that I can keep costs down.

How well is HDMI(converted to DVI) displayed on an LCD monitor?

I will be using either a 19" WS LCD monitor or a 17" regular monitor. Thanks in advance folks.

[jiggamanjb]

My understanding of it is, HDMI is DVI, just with audio. So, there is NO conversion, it's the same signal. It would just be like hooking a DVI to DVI. :cool:

[Maviryk]

Then why are some monitors with DVI are advertised as HD-Ready and others are not?

[jiggamanjb]

HD ready means

HD ready requirements

In order to be awarded the label “HD ready” a display device has to cover the following requirements:

Display, display engine

The minimum native resolution of the display (e.g. LCD, PDP) or display engine (e.g. DLP) is 720 physical lines in wide aspect ratio.

Video Interfaces

The display device accepts HD input via:

Analog YPbPr. “HD ready” displays support analog YPbPr as a HD input format to allow full compatibility with today's HD video sources in the market. Support of the YPbPr signal should be through common industry standard connectors directly on the HD ready display or through an adaptor easily accessible to the consumer; and:

DVI or HDMI

HD capable inputs accept the following HD video formats:

1280x720 @ 50 and 60Hz progressive scan (“720p”), and
1920x1080 @ 50 and 60Hz interlaced (“1080i”)
The DVI or HDMI input supports copy protection (HDCP)

After all that it still needs a HD signal. It has to be in the form of a a set top cable/sat box, for TV, or HDDVD or BLUERAY for DVD.

For a HD Built-in TV it has a HDTV tuner built in so it can use a regular attenna for a HD signal or a cable card.

Really the only difference, to make things simple, is that with a HD Ready TV you need a cable/sat box, for a HD Built in you can use a cable card or an antenna for your HD signal, or a set top box too. Other than that they are completely equal.

Now you are talking about just DVD play back, so you don't even need worry about this. Any HDTV will be fine. Remember that to upconvert DVD's you have to use the DVI/HDMI output on the DVD player.

[Maviryk]

Bah, question is moot. Turns out they need VHS capability and combo players only output VCR through RCA.

[jiggamanjb]

I think there are combo players that will output VCR through HDMI

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16882116049&ATT=82-116-049&CMP=OTC-pr1c3grabb3r

http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=155125&WT.mc_n=67&WT.mc_t=U&cm_ven=COMPARISON%20SHOPPING&cm_cat=PRICEGRABBER&cm_pla=DATAFEED->PRODUCTS&cm_ite=1%20PRODUCT&cm_keycode=67

I think there are others too

http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=75/popup7[]=1:1209/popup5[]=6:372

[Maviryk]

No no, read over the specs carefully. They can only output DVDs through the HDMI, VHS have to be through an RCA or Svideo cable.

[deadlysyn]

I just so happen to be an HDTV dealer, and I can tell you from my many installs that I have done, that DVI (Digital Media Interface) cables are the same as HDMI (High Definition Media Interface). The only difference between the 2 is that DVI does not have audio. As a matter of fact, with an adapter, on the LG TV's that I sell, a DVI cable goes into the same plug as an HDMI cable would, with an adapter of course. The picture on the TV's I sell is identical as far as the eye can tell, running a 1080i signal.

[Maviryk]

Hmm... sweet... I guess whenever I get a PS3 I can just plug it into DVI port on my LCD projector then! Whoo hoo! Best $800 I spent!

[matva]

Then why are some monitors with DVI are advertised as HD-Ready and others are not?

probably because they don't have HDCP support. Many TVs sold with DVI do NOT support HDCP and are thus not truly "HD-Ready." The majority (actually more like 99%) of TVs with HDMI support HDCP.