VGA -DVI (Not working)

Hi There...

I'm new to the forums, so hello to you all

I have recently bought a Daewoo TV which is HD Ready and has a DVI (and VGA) port on it.

I have an Acer Aspire 5633 which has a GeForce GO7300 graphics card.

I bought a VGA-DVI cable and tried connecting it to my LCD TV. The little nVidia control box (in the task bar) recognises this as a Daewoo TV but only outputs in Analog format (and I have no idea why).

I then bought a VGA-VGA cable and it creates a display (even if it is a little stretched [widescreen you see!]).

So, my question is - How can I make it output the secondary monitor as Digital? Then my DVI cable should work right?

Thanks in advance for all your help!

Yours,
Amnesia

 

If you only have a VGA out on your laptop you can only output analog AFAIK. Need DVI out or HDMI on the laptop to get a digital signal.

Edit:** oh and welcome to the forum!

 

Oh that's a shame

What else can I use the DVI slot for? Xbox? DVD etc?

What I don't understand is how the cable goes from my VGA slot in the computer into the DVI slot on the TV?

So does that mean that the Go7300 doesn't support DVI?

Thanks

Amnesia

 

Yes welcome to the forums.

It doesn't mean that it doesn't support DVI. I use a convertor outside the cable. It's a little black thing. It looks like this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DVI-I-Female-...ryZ41993QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It also works for me doing more than less exactly what you want to do. Hope this helped - please do let me know!

Oh and just as a little extra note: if you like Ebay you might as well get a new graphics card - they're easy to fit and cheap if you get one second hand.

 

So, do you think there is a noticeable difference between VGA-DVI and VGA-VGA?

What are the benefits?

Thanks!

 

DVI gives a purely digital signal, VGA is analog, DVI is superior, though for most home applications, the difference is negligible.

 

For a notebook? Really?

*end sarcasm*

Anyway, the a VGA-DVI plug doesn't change anything to a signal. It just takes the analog signal from the VGA connector and puts it on the pins of the DVI connector that are reserved for analog signals. So, a VGA-VGA connection has the exact same quality as VGA-DVI.

 

Okay then, well... I'll just keep my VGA-VGA and take the VGA-DVI cable back.

Sorry for the all the questions, but i've just remembered something else.

When connecting through the VGA-VGA cable, it won't let me select any widescreen resolutions, it only allows up to 1024x768, which means its actually stretching the picture.

Anyway to get around that?