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§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:27:00 pm PDT #3194 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I've almost chosen a TV. But it doesn't have DVI input. It has instead 2 component, 2 s-video, 2 composite, 1 RF and 2 HDMI.

Once done I intend to feed it from a DVD player, an HD TiVo, and a Mac Mini. What's the best matchup of source to connection? Will I miss DVI?

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:28:05 pm PDT #3195 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

You can buy DVI <--> HDMI cables. The signals sent over the wire are the same.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:30:38 pm PDT #3196 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

So which device shouldn't I put on HDMI? And what's the next best connection to use?

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:33:22 pm PDT #3197 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Mac Mini DVI <-------> TV HDMI
TiVo HDMI <---------> TV HDMI (component will work OK too)
DVD Player ---------> Trash, and watch DVDs from your Mac.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:34:32 pm PDT #3198 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

DVD Player ---------> Trash, and watch DVDs from your Mac.

Behave!

Unless of course it is multi-region.

amych - Oct 25, 2007 3:35:30 pm PDT #3199 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

A non-HD DVD player won't be feeding a high enough resolution signal to need HDMI -- component (component? the one with separate RGB cables, not the one that mashes them all into one video cable) is an excellent choice there. Use HDMI for the HDVo (since it's HD) and the Mac (since vid output on Macs is digital by default, which as Scola points out plays fine with HDMI).

Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2007 3:38:35 pm PDT #3200 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Some OEM DVD drives inside of Macs can be unlocked, others can't. In any event, a component connection from your DVD player is fine.

amych - Oct 25, 2007 3:40:56 pm PDT #3201 of 25497
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Some OEM DVD drives inside of Macs can be unlocked, others can't.

Not mine. Huh. Jealous now.

Jon B. - Oct 25, 2007 3:44:05 pm PDT #3202 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

What amych & Tom said. Those are basically the connections that I use.

§ ita § - Oct 25, 2007 3:49:05 pm PDT #3203 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Cool cool. I will be having the two TiVos for a while, but I can hook the old one up pretty willy nilly in comparison to the other shiny stuff.

Very exciting. I hope to buy the TV this weekend, and I should be getting the TiVo in short order--tracking info said tomorrow, but there are always some sort of delivery/signature shenanigans.

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