Thursday, March 6, 2008
Member since:
March 2008
March 2008
i want to buy an Toshiba HD DVD Player & it has an HDMI Output & i need it to go to dvi right, ok right now @ this point i'm maxed out in the back of My TV of outlets now i need to get an TV Adapter that can give me more room in the back for more outlets couse i have a Home Theatre System & a Big Plasma Panasonic TV 48 Inches thats the tv that i ranned out of room, now i have HDTV Ready TV & I Have 1 DVI Slot i need to get an TV Adapter so i can have My HDTV & My HD DVD Player going @ the same time like whenever i want to use TV I Watch HDTV I Have Optimum Online Cablevision i have The HDTV But what i'm trying to do is i want to buy an Toshiba HD DVD Player & it has HDMI on the back of the DVD Witch means that i would have to give up my HDTV Cable couse it only has 1 DVI Port but i'm ranned out of room in the back & i need to know if they have any TV Adapters to give me more room in the back so i don't have to give up my HDTV, so i can have my HDTV & Still have My HD DVD Player connected @ the same time without Sacraficing another
here are the pictures of what my Back of My TV Looks Like
& here is the Toshiba HD DVD Player i want to get
can anyone please help me if they know how to get any TV Adapters to make more room in the back & or if they have like any 2 Way HDMI to DVI Wires out there couse i need help
& i'm not trying to to spend more then $300 on Players & such, & i'm not buying Blue Ray yet until they drop there price down to $100 - $200 Dollers price range
here are the pictures of what my Back of My TV Looks Like
& here is the Toshiba HD DVD Player i want to get
can anyone please help me if they know how to get any TV Adapters to make more room in the back & or if they have like any 2 Way HDMI to DVI Wires out there couse i need help
& i'm not trying to to spend more then $300 on Players & such, & i'm not buying Blue Ray yet until they drop there price down to $100 - $200 Dollers price range
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
Even with a single DVI input (w/HDCP), don't worry, you are fine.
All you need is an HDMI-to-DVI adapter plug, and a HDMI 'Switcher' box, and a few HDMI cables - all can be purchased CHEAP from internet dealers, and I highly recommend MONOPRICE.COM (I've ordered from them several times over the last few years, with outstanding prices and fast shipping).
Get yourself a HDMI Switching box, usually with 2 to 5 HDMI inputs, and it will have a single HDMI output, that will connect to an HDMI-to-DVI adapter plug (small), and then plug this adapter into the single DVI input on your TV.
Then you are able to use the switcher box to input all of your players that have a HDMI output - such as DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Cable/Satellite box, etc. Then all you have to do is switch between the Switcher Box inputs, and usually these boxes include a remote control for convenience.
Hope this helps. Remember, as long as you have at least ONE digital input (DVI or HDMI), with these switchers and adapter plugs, you can enjoy ALL of your equipment thru the single input on your TV. And you can also use your TV's component inputs too.
Note: since your TV has a max of 1080i resolution, you will not need to choose "1080p" from any of your disc players, since your TV is incapable of accepting 1080p - so choose 1080i (or 720p) for all of your players instead.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
All you need is an HDMI-to-DVI adapter plug, and a HDMI 'Switcher' box, and a few HDMI cables - all can be purchased CHEAP from internet dealers, and I highly recommend MONOPRICE.COM (I've ordered from them several times over the last few years, with outstanding prices and fast shipping).
Get yourself a HDMI Switching box, usually with 2 to 5 HDMI inputs, and it will have a single HDMI output, that will connect to an HDMI-to-DVI adapter plug (small), and then plug this adapter into the single DVI input on your TV.
Then you are able to use the switcher box to input all of your players that have a HDMI output - such as DVD, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, Cable/Satellite box, etc. Then all you have to do is switch between the Switcher Box inputs, and usually these boxes include a remote control for convenience.
Hope this helps. Remember, as long as you have at least ONE digital input (DVI or HDMI), with these switchers and adapter plugs, you can enjoy ALL of your equipment thru the single input on your TV. And you can also use your TV's component inputs too.
Note: since your TV has a max of 1080i resolution, you will not need to choose "1080p" from any of your disc players, since your TV is incapable of accepting 1080p - so choose 1080i (or 720p) for all of your players instead.
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Member since:
June 2006
June 2006
I will add that if your cable/satellite box has a DVI port too, you just add another HDMI-to-DVI adapter plug from it's output as well (the plug works in either direction, so DVI-to-HDMI too), and plug it into your new HDMI Switcher box. Or, you can simply use the cable/satellite box's component output and plug it directly into one of your TV's component inputs (includes both audio and video).
Note: DVI is for video signals only (as HDMI includes both video and audio), which means you will need to route the audio from your seperate components into an A/V receiver for best sound. The video is going out as HDMI (as I explained in first post above), so you need to route the audio thru an A/V receiver using various outputs - Coaxial or Optical output (5.1 surround or better), or RCA Composite output (2-channel Dolby Surround).
However, your TV includes a seperate 2-channel audio input (near the DVI input), so you can use an A/V receiver's 2-channel RCA Composite output (stereo) and plug it in the TV here (if you want to hear the audio thru your TV's speakers rather than the A/V receiver's speaker setup). Then you would choose on the A/V which player's audio you want to hear (which is then sent either to the TV's speakers, or your 5.1 speaker-set w/subwoofer).
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
Note: DVI is for video signals only (as HDMI includes both video and audio), which means you will need to route the audio from your seperate components into an A/V receiver for best sound. The video is going out as HDMI (as I explained in first post above), so you need to route the audio thru an A/V receiver using various outputs - Coaxial or Optical output (5.1 surround or better), or RCA Composite output (2-channel Dolby Surround).
However, your TV includes a seperate 2-channel audio input (near the DVI input), so you can use an A/V receiver's 2-channel RCA Composite output (stereo) and plug it in the TV here (if you want to hear the audio thru your TV's speakers rather than the A/V receiver's speaker setup). Then you would choose on the A/V which player's audio you want to hear (which is then sent either to the TV's speakers, or your 5.1 speaker-set w/subwoofer).
-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)
