VGA to DVI

[niget2002]

Good Morning everyone.

Our Mitsubishi TV supports both HDMI and DVI input. My laptop only has a VGA output.

Does anyone know of a way of getting the VGA signal into my TV?

I'm not sure my reason for wanting to do this is even possible. I'm wanting to use the desktop to record digital tv using GB-PVR, then I'm hoping to us GB-PVR on the laptop to play those shows on the TV (Hopefully with the digital out on the laptop for the audio too). I'm not sure if GB-PVR records the 5.1 part of the digital signal or not (I'll be heading over there next).

I currently use GB-PVR and a mediaMVP to watch analog tv that is recorded, and this works great, but the quality just isn't there.

 

[the grunt]

You could use an adapter like this:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041903&p_id=2397&seq=1&format=2&style

And then just run a DVI cable to the TV.

You could also get a cable with VGA at one end and DVI at the other. If you do an internet search for “VGA to DVI” you will see lots of options.

 

[Hi Ho]

That adapter won't work. VGA is an analog connection while DVI is digital. That adapter isn't going to do any analog to digital conversion.

DVI connections found on PC video cards also have VGA pins and the adapter linked too above would allow for a DVI output on a PC to be connected to a standard VGA port. There is no signal conversion going on, just connector conversion.

THIS cable might do what you want provided your laptop can output a component video signal through the VGA port (see notes in link).

 

[BMXTRIX]

That adapter won't work. VGA is an analog connection while DVI is digital.

This is not correct... exactly.

DVI is DVI and comes in many flavors. DVI-A is 100% analog and is the equivalent to VGA. You never see DVI-A connections because they just use VGA. There is also DVI-D - which is 100% digital. This is similar to HDMI, except no audio and a few other minor differences. The most common DVI connection is DVI-I which combines DVI-A and DVI-D.

If your Mitsubishi display has a DVI connection, then you just need to find out if the connection is DVI-I. If it is, then you use the adapter linked to in the first response above and that should be it. Check the resolutions that your display supports on the input side and match the output of your PC to that.

FYI... Many video cards these days will support component video output at 1080i and 720p resolutions. This is nice if you want to use more standard cabling and connections, but it may not be as good as a VGA connection.