HDMI to television DVI-D.

Hi, I am looking for advice on connecting my laptop to my tv. I have trawled through a lot of forums and websites and have found little or no information explaining about connecting in a very specific method. I am looking for information to connect a laptop with an HDMI port to a television with a DVI-D port, and I have a cable for this.

Can anyone tell me whether I will get sound at the tv, or will I need to connect another cable of some kind to get the sound track on the tv. Some forums have said that if you connect a laptop with a DVI-D port to a tv with an HDMI port then no sound is sent to the tv as the cable is only a video cable. I do not have this setup, I have a laptop with an HDMI port and a tv with a DVI-D port, and I am wondering whether this is different in the transmission of data.

As there are no other connections on the laptop besides [1] an external port, [2] 3x usb ports, I would like to find out how to get the sound transmitted to the tv. There are no AV ports on my laptop so is some kind of usb connection required, or does the HDMI to DVI-D cable do everything ?

Any advice would be appreciated.

parkman

 

A TV with a DVI-D? Odd... or ancient.

Just buy an HDMI to DVI-D cable. And no, audio will not be transferred. You could just hook up a pair of speakers to the laptop, but if the TV has an analog in you could just use a cable from the headphone socket and see where that gets you.

 

What they should have told you was that your TV port (DVI-D) is obsolete; and that by using a converter (and expensive attachment) from HDMI, will cancel its ability to send its audio.

Instead, you will need to attach an additional stereo plug from your computer's headphone jack (to your amp/speakers, etc.) to get stereo only audio. You lose the HDMI high quality digital audio (5.1 etc.).

You should consider getting an updated display to utilize your system's full high quality and completely digital audio and video capability.

 

Eh, a cable isn't expensive. And it's not like the TV itself has a 5.1 setup built in, is it?

 

True, for passive connectors. However, I was referring to active adapter that all the maximum resolutions (which OP may not need/want) for this port.

As for 5.1 and its digital capability, that's the whole point behind HDMI and why many people prefer it.

It appears you've been out of the loop for a while? Things have been cleaned up and HDMI have taken their place.

The DP is the newer kid on the block but if Apple has its way Thunderbolt will be the only port you need. Although power is still its weak link so USB won't be going anywhere anytime soon.

Are you including the headphone jack? That should suffice as your audio out port. Just get a 3.5mm to stereo RCA plug, if you have the typical setup.

 

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I can tell you that DVI can not carry audio, as already mentioned. When you use VGA or DVI you normally end up using the 3.5mm headphone jack to a RCA connector to get your audio to the TV.

If it does not use RCA it will have a 3.5mm connection.

So here is the cheap and proper solution;
This - 6ft 3.5mm Stereo Plug/2 RCA Plug Cable - Black - Monoprice.com
Or This - 6ft 3.5mm Stereo Plug/Plug M/M Cable - Black - Monoprice.com

If your just using the TV its not like only having stereo audio matters so do not worry about getting a new TV with HDMI to get "all that high quality audio" jazz.

By the time you worry about that you will have a good receiver that probably will get the HDMI feed first and send the audio to your sound system and the TV can just use the video output from the receiver.

In my home I like it this way since when I change the input on my receiver it handles all the video & audio switching so I never have to touch the TV remote for anything.

 

Hello,
I have an Nvidia GeForce 9800GT that has 2 DVI-D ports to connect to the monitor and one to the TV. For awhile, i didn't get sound, then i noticed 2 small connections on the video card that said it was for sound. After finding out that they are for audio, now i can output sound from my DVD-D ports. Sounds loud and its pure ditigal sound, makes my ipod seem like from the stoneage. Only problem is i have a Blu-Ray drive also but cant seem to get DTS or Dobly Digital through it. Do i need to more the connections? Im i missing the software? Or have i reached the limit of the video card?

thanks,
frank s.