Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

aimeeandbeatles said:
Digital Video Input?

Edit: I put it into Wikipedia and got this
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Zelig posted the right link.
Zelig said:
Hm, no, it's DVI-I and DVI-D.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface
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What I'm trying to learn is the compatibility. As I understand it I can get a DVI-D (DL) cable and it should work.

Strangely, my monitor (Samsung LCD) and my newer tv (Sony LCD) both have the old style analog video input instead of digital inputs. Even though they are both years newer than the tv I want to connect to the PC.
 
Aimee, that is a seriously low level of stupidity you just hit right there. Like, seriously low.

You couldnt find a fairly unique phrase on wiki. Thats issue number one.
You also apparently have little to no reading comprehension as literally 9 posts ago, Zelig posted the following:
Zelig said:
Hm, no, it's DVI-I and DVI-D.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface
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Which, lookie lookie, includes a link to the wiki article for DVI.

I understand you may have issues with reading comprehension or paying attention sometimes, but please, at least make it seem like you're trying.
 
I suggest it's the RAM because I've seen HP and Toshiba computers that fail to POST when the RAM is bad. /shrug. YMMV, of course.
 
Genocidicbunny said:
DVI-D dual-link will fit into a DVI-I dual link, so all you need is a DVI-D dual link cable. It just wont pass analog signal ( If you're connecting your computer, thats not a problem anyways)



If his TV accepts digital input, which Im guessing it does by the inclusion of DVI instead of VGA, then he would only need a DVI-DL cable.
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Yes, you are right, of course.
 
If the tv also includes HDMI, he can go the simpler way and get a matching DVI to HDMI cable, which should work just fine. You're need to make sure that the sound is passed through your video card though, or that you have external speakers.
 
That tv doesn't have HDMI. I was going to try using the audio out to the TV speakers. If that doesn't work, then just the PC speakers I have attached now. My newer TV has HDMI, but I haven't decided if I was going to try attaching that to the PC yet. If I do I'll probably have to run 2 video cards in any case. So I'd just buy one with the proper outputs.
 
I think I'm going to leave now as I'm obviously too stupid



I'm very sad now
 
Cutlass said:
That tv doesn't have HDMI. I was going to try using the audio out to the TV speakers. If that doesn't work, then just the PC speakers I have attached now. My newer TV has HDMI, but I haven't decided if I was going to try attaching that to the PC yet. If I do I'll probably have to run 2 video cards in any case. So I'd just buy one with the proper outputs.
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If your video card has two outputs, you can run both of the tv's off the one card. The only question is why would you want two tv's so close to each other? Besides maybe a dual-monitor setup but on a grander scale.
 
Genocidicbunny said:
If your video card has two outputs, you can run both of the tv's off the one card. The only question is why would you want two tv's so close to each other? Besides maybe a dual-monitor setup but on a grander scale.
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I have a monitor as well. I could, with another video card, have a monitor and 2 tvs. But that might just be crazy...
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Actually, depending on how the rearangement works out, the old tv may replace the monitor and the tv will be to the side and may be attached as well to play Hulu.
 
Cutlass said:
Just keep trying. And read all the things you are going to post before posting them and see how they sound.
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I don't see the use anymore. :shake:
 
What do you call a #? Google doesn't take it and when I put it in Wikipedia I get re-directed to the main page.
 
Pound sign, number sign, sharp. Those are the three I use, mostly interchangable.
 
BMP > RAW> PNG> TIF> JPG> GIF

Uncompressed BMP's that store 32 bits per pixel are one of the best in terms of quality, but the image files are also huge. GIF on the other hand is lossy and only supports up to 8-bit colors, making it suitable for some applications, but pretty much useless if you want high quality. RAW is not really a standard format, although its generally a very-little compressed format. PNG after that as it supports a high bpp and can also be minimally compressed.
 
.JPG can store images of a quality high enough so there's no real point of going for more though. Direct photo quality and then some.
 
32-bit BMP? I don't think I've ever seen a BMP use alpha channel. But yes, BMPs are large and shouldn't be used on the internet. Most image hosts have an automatic BMP-to-PNG converter

GIF isn't lossy, it's just limited to 256 colors. It also supports transparency and animation, but then again so does PNG and much better. There's very little reason to use GIFs any more

PNG is 32-bit, supports alpha transparency and animation, and has better compression that GIF. Use it for small images and cartoons

JPG is lossy and should be used for photographs and screenshots etc
 
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