DVI-D Monitor....DVI-I Computer: Will it work ?

[MegalosSkylaki]

It's my understanding --correct me if I'm wrong --that a DVI-D connector is for a true Digital connnnection,
while a DVI-I connection can handle analog signals and transmit them in analog form.

Question: Can a graphic card with an DVI-I connector (or a computer with such a connecter) be used to suport a DVI-D monitor in true digital HDTV format?

Will it support it at all, if the monitor has a seperate VGA Din-15 connector for analog, and a DVI-D for digital ?

MegalosSkylaki

[MegalosSkylaki]

The monitor isa Dell2000fpw and I checked the DVI connector (sp?) and it is a true DVI-D.

The way you can tell them apart is that the DVI-I has a slot at the end with two pin openings above and two below.

The DVI-D has only the small line without the x-tra 4 pins.

There must be a DVI-I to DVI-D adapter, but I don't think that's the point, which is digital to digital I believe..

DOOG

PS Also has S-VHS, so can I just plug in DVD player and have it work?

I know...easy to test out at home, but don't like messing around with stuff I don't know.

[Peter M]

Yes it will. DVI-I just (I)ntegrates the ability to plug either a DVI-D cable or a VGA adapter for a legacy monitor.
In other words, DVI-D cables do fit into DVI-I outputs on graphics cards. That's the whole idea about it.

[Patrick]

FWIW, I have a graphics card with DVI-I outputs and a new monitor with DVD-D. I bought a cable with a male DVD-D at each end and it works fine. A male DVI-I can mate only with a female DVI-I while a male DVI-D can mate with either a female DVI-D or DVI-I. Hardly seems fair, does it?

[MegalosSkylaki]

Because a DVI-I connector can used with an adapter into a VGA type Din-15 Output, I wondered if the DVI-I connecter was just an analog connecter in DVI clothing.

It would seem that the key is wheteher the DVI-I output could actually support DV to DV and that the reason the monitor came with a DVI-D input was to insure a DV to DV source signal.

But your experiences do give me some confidence that it will work. Need to install a new grafix card on a working computer now !

ThanX

daDOOOOG

[FalcomPSX]

it will definately work fine. All DVI cables are DVI-D. the only time you'll see a DVI-I male plug is on a DVI-VGA adapter. The 4 pins above and below the horizontal slot are the analog pins for an analog connection. the adapter just gives gives you a VGA port to use if you don't have a DVI-D monitor.

[MooCowMoo]

I have a question to that port, too
I have a DVI-D monitor connector but a DVI-I cable adapter for component cables.
As I need the digital signal, would it work if I just "rip out" the four analog pins and shorten the vertical long thingy or do I need to get another adapter and if so, do adapters cause a noticable loss of quality?

[gary_stuart207]

Hi sorry to barge in onyour thread but I am also completelyconfused with this whole dvi stuff.

I just bought a HP pavilion slimline pc from a friend which has dvi-i (the 4 pins around the slit). It does not have VGA output so I have to use the DVI-I.
I got hold of an adaptor to turn it back into vga to plug into the monitor but nothing shown just a blank screen altho the monitor picked something up (check signal cable message dissapeared).
I then tryed using a DVI-D single cable as the monitor (samsung syncmaster 215tw) supposedly takes digital signals (it only has the DVI-D connection). This cable did not do anything either. I then went back out and purchased a DVI-D dual cable which I have just tryed and still nothing shows, just a blank black screen.

Can anyone that knows anything about the DVI connections please advise me where I am going wrong and what cable i need to purchase.

Cheers in advance.

Gaz

[dan103]

@gary_stuart207... and anyone else confused over DVI cables. It's pretty simple.

If you're connecting *any* DVI which has 3 rows of 8 pins to another DVI which has 3 rows of 8 pins, (D or I)... all you need is a DVI-D cable. Simple. You can ignore the four pins around the slit, this is only needed for analogue transmission. The DVI-D cable fits in both DVI-D and DVI-I. It has has 3 rows of 8 pins and a slit, which is all you need for digital transmission. This kind of DVI cable is called "Dual Link."

Your port will probably be female, as mine is, thus you'll need to get a male DVI-D cable. If your port is male then get the female DVI-D. A female port will have just the holes, ready to be plugged into. A male port will have just the pins, ready to plug into something - Lol! Getting a little explicit here :P

If your monitor looks blank after you've connected the cables, you probably need to click something in your display/screen resolution properties window. For example in windows 7, I had to click "Detect" in the screen resolution properties windows, before my extended monitor showed up.

I hope this helps.

[Johnvuc]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dan103

@gary_stuart207... and anyone else confused over DVI cables. It's pretty simple.

If you're connecting *any* DVI which has 3 rows of 8 pins to another DVI which has 3 rows of 8 pins, (D or I)... all you need is a DVI-D cable. Simple. You can ignore the four pins around the slit, this is only needed for analogue transmission. The DVI-D cable fits in both DVI-D and DVI-I. It has has 3 rows of 8 pins and a slit, which is all you need for digital transmission. This kind of DVI cable is called "Dual Link."

Your port will probably be female, as mine is, thus you'll need to get a male DVI-D cable. If your port is male then get the female DVI-D. A female port will have just the holes, ready to be plugged into. A male port will have just the pins, ready to plug into something - Lol! Getting a little explicit here :P

If your monitor looks blank after you've connected the cables, you probably need to click something in your display/screen resolution properties window. For example in windows 7, I had to click "Detect" in the screen resolution properties windows, before my extended monitor showed up.

I hope this helps.

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