Is This The Right Cable To Connect My Pc To HDTV?

Hi,


I just bought a new 37" Lcd HDTV set and would like to connect my computer tower to it so I can use my tv as a monitor instead of my lame 17" Crt monitor. The following is information from the tv manual on how to do so:

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Well my problem is I basically can't find a VGA male to male cable that has a ferrite core on the internet. & the manual states that it has to be a ferrite cable [See Pic 1] in order for it to meet standards. With that being said I've actually found an SVGA male to male ferrite cable at monoprice.com:

Product: http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...id=10201&cs_id=1020102&p_id=87&seq=1&format=2

The tv manual only mentions using a VGA cable not SVGA. So I don't know what the difference between VGA cables and SVGA cables are. I mean assume they're the same thing being that the connector ends on a VGA male to male cable, and a SVGA male to male cable look 100% identical. To keep this short I'd just like to ask if I could use the SVGA male to male cable from monoprice.com to connect my pc to tv? Or is there some sort of big difference between VGA and SVGA cables that would render it useless, or damage my pc/tv if I buy it?



- Thank You

 

actually, any old vga cable should work, but you should get one with ferrites. all ferrites are is the little round things on the ends of the cable next to the connector (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrite_bead). im pretty sure that there is no difference between VGA and SVGA cables. the cables from the site you mentioned should work just fine...if your computer has a DVI connection, you could use a DVI to HDMI cable, the image quality would be better

 

My computer does have a dvi output, and my tv obviously has hdmi input. But I don't feel safe using that kind of connection being that there is a "vga pc input" section on the back of the tv. What I'm trying to say is I'm trying to follow the manual guidelines. How am I to know if the hdmi input on my tv won't ruin my tv because I plugged a pc into it there instead of using the "vga pc input" area as per the manual. In any case wouldn't I only be able to use the dvi output on my video card to my tv if I have an HD video card? As far as I know I don't think I have an HD video card. I mean if I did than I would agree to getting better quality. But if it's not an HD video card wouldn't it's dvi basically output the same or similar quality as vga on my hdtv? :confused

 

My apologies... My tv does indeed support video card dvi-d to tv hdmi connection. My pc video card has vga, s-video, and dvi-i output. Will my video card automatically send video signal to the only cable connected? That is to say if I shutdown my pc, unplug my current vga monitor from my video card, plug in a dvi-d pc to hdmi tv cable, turn on my pc, than turn on my tv, will the video card know to send video signal to my tv since the dvi-d pc to hdmi tv cable is connected?

 

I'd go with the DVI to HDMI cable- about $10 on Newegg- don't buy it at a TV store or a Bestbuy- they'll charge you an arm and a leg. Yes, your video card will detect which port is hooked up and send data apropriatly.

 

I spoke to LG [who made my tv], and they said HDMI is not really good on the tv because it won't go full screen because of some tv limitations. & that using the VGA input would. So I'd just like to use the SVGA cable I found on monoprice.com. I'm just worried about using a svga male to male cable from my pc to my hdtv because they don't mention anything about svga in my hdtv's manual. As you can see they only refer to it as VGA:

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The problem is there's some sort of misrepresentation in the cable industry about pc monitor cables. They seem to call every cable, video card output, and tv input as simply "vga". Regardless of what resolution a monitor or video card is able to support, they are commonly referred to as just being VGA by cable/video card companies. The naming conventions listed below never really caught on with the general public and thus even the most High End 3-D graphic cards from Companies like NVIDIA or ATI have what they term a VGA port (in addition to a DVI port in many cases), even though the card may output resolutions greater than 1920 x 1440. There is a wide array of pc video outputs/inputs such as:

(Video Graphics Array)......................................VGA: 640 x 480
(Super Video Graphics Array)...........................SVGA: 800 x 600
(High Definition Television 720i/p)...................HDTV: 1280 x 720
(Extended Graphics Array).................................XGA: 1024 x 768
(Wide Extended Graphics Array)......................WXGA: 1366 x 768
(Super Extended Graphics Array)......................SXGA: 1280 x 1024
(Super Extended Graphics Array+)...................SXGA+: 1400 x 1050
(Wide Super Extended Graphics Array)............WSXGA: 1600 x 1024
(Wide Super Extended Graphics Array+)........WSXGA+: 1680 x 1050
(High Definition Television 1080i/p)..................HDTV: 1920 x 1080
(Ultra Extended Graphics Array ).......................UXGA: 1600 x 1200
(Wide Ultra Extended Graphics Array).............WUXGA: 1920 x 1200
(Quad Extended Graphics Array).......................QXGA: 2048 x 1536
(Quad Super Extended Graphics Array)............QSXGA: 2560 x 2048
(Wide Quad Super Extended Graphics Array).WQSXGA: 3200 x 2048
(Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array).............QUXGA: 3200 x 2400
(Wide Quad Ultra Extended Graphics Array)..WQUXGA: 3840 x 2400
(Hex Super Extended Graphics Array)..............HSXGA: 5120 x 4096
(Wide Hex Super Extended Graphics Array)...WHSXGA: 6400 x 4096
(Hex Ultra Extended Graphics Array)...............HUXGA: 6400 x 4800
(Wide Hex Ultra Extended Graphics Array)....WHUXGA: 7680 x 4800


The highest resolution my pc video card supports is 1280 x 1024. That would signify that my video card's output is "SXGA". I still don't know if that means it's backwards compatible with any 15 pin VGA cable. The picture below is the back of my pc. I use the agp video card not the integrated video on the I/O plate. [By the way my AGP card is upside down]

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& this is the back VGA input on my HDTV.

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So in the end I'm still stuck wondering if I can use the following cable from monoprice.com to connect my pc's video card to the vga input on my hdtv.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....=1&format=2

 

so, what is your tv's resolution, anyways?? is it 720p, 720i, 1080p or 1080i?

regardless, a vga cable like the one you mentioned on monoprice.com should work just fine for resolutions up to 1440x900, any more than that, you want to buy a dvi to hdmi cable (so if your tv is 720p or 720i a vga cable should work, if your tv is 1080p or 1080i, get a dvi to hdmi cable)

 

i have a samsung plasma that supports 1080 i and the best connection is dvi to hdmi wich is the best quality and you can but the ferrit connections to put on yourcables but dont go and buy these cables from shops as they charge an arm and a leg look about