Like cyclism, I have hooked my 8300HD up via a HDMI to DVI cable to my Gateway HDCP LCD monitor and had no problems. I have read that Dell monitors may not be fully HDCP compliant so frankly I think your problem could be the monitor.

The fact that you get the Rogers box working with your Westinghouse LCD, certainly points to the monitor.

You can try the DVI-DVI and the SA3250HD, however, people have had more problems with the SA3250HD than with the SA8300HD. Most times these problems are related to the monitor as mentioned earlier.

What is the make/model of the Dell? Are you absolutely sure it has DVI-HDCP? A lot of these smaller monitors do not.

Thanks everyone for replying. Interesting that the gateway model isn't causing this problem as my monitor has simliar specs.

Does anyone know what the ideal resolution (1080i/720p etc) is the ideal match for a 1680 x 1050 resolution? I know I can purchase a component to dvi cable and therefore connect to the stb, but I would rather figure out a dvi/hdmi approach.


57, the model is below:

E207WFP 20'' Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor
Analog / DVI-D (Digital) with HDCP

Excerpt:

The E207WFP 20'' Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor from Dell™ improves productivity and provides immersive multimedia/gaming experience and allows ease of photo/video editing. Featuring a slim black bezel design, the E207WFP fits into most working environments and on most desktops. It offers DVI (Digital Video Interface) connector with HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Copy Protection) Ready that enables viewing of protected high-definition content such as HD-format video. Built-in power and cable management feature helps to keep desk clutter-free. Also, the display screen can be tilted 4° forward and 21° backwards for viewing comfort. This display is compatible with Dell™ AS501PA Flat Panel Attached Sound Bar (sold separately) that adds multimedia capabilities to the flat panel display. Dell™-branded monitors undergo exhaustive testing for performance, reliability, durability and compatibility with Dell™ systems.

I'm just trying to figure out which cables to buy for hooking my computer to my TV. I'm getting the Panasonic TH42PX60 which has two HDMI inputs. So one will be an hdmi cable between the HDTV box and the TV, and the other I was planning on using to hook my computer into it.

The graphics card I have is BFG Geforce 6600 (http://www.bfgtech.com/6600GT.html) and it says it has the connectors are "Dual DVI-I, HDTV / S-Video Out".

I was looking at this (http://www.**************/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10231&cs_id=1023101&p_id=2808&seq=1&format=2&style=) cable from monoprice. (it's a "HDMI DVI Tin-Plated Copper Cable (22AWG) - 25ft (Gold Plated) [TP]")

Am I doing anything wrong yet? It seems pretty simple to me, DVI out from the computer to HDMI in on the TV.

Right now I just run s-video and composite audio cable between the computer and my present TV and I'm assuming I'll still have to run the composite cable for audio (because I just have a basic run of the mill soundcard)?

Everything you're doing sounds right, but you should search out your make of tv and make sure others are connecting their PC's successfully. Sometimes you can, but you are limited to only one resolution. Or, find the manual for the tv online and read up on connecting a pc to the tv.

The manual claims that this option is not supported thru HDMI. Has anyone tried tinkering by using a DVI (from PC) to 3-RCA Component cable to the 42px60? Can you share your thoughts if you have done so?

cheers

Have a look in the HTPC forum, where these connections are discussed all the time.

Hi, I'm trying to resolve the same issue and according to the manual, PC connectivity is not supported on this unit. I have searched this forum and others with no luck in finding an answer.

I use DVI-HDMI to connect my PC to my TH42PX60. It's weird that when I select the native resolution of 1028x768, the text on the screen would flicker. So I had to change the resolution to 1280x768 to remove the flicker but under this resolution, some parts of the screen were cut off. My video card is 7800 GT btw. Anyone know how to remove the flicker issue in 1024x768? I perfer this resolution because it shows full screen.

try playing with the refresh rate on your computer for the 2nd display i.e. your plasma.

Hi, I'm trying to resolve the same issue and according to the manual, PC connectivity is not supported on this unit. I have searched this forum and others with no luck in finding an answer.

The manual I read said nothing about not being able to do it... just that panasonic didn't recommend it.

If they recommended it they'd get thousands of tech support calls from people trying to do that and they'd end up trying to resolve graphics card issues instead of TV issues.

I want to change my pc monitor.

I actualy use my pc for listening music, listening TV (I have and HDTV ATSC tuner) record my starchoice receiver (by s-vhs connector to the atsc tuner)
play game (I have an ATI X1800 gto card) surf the web, etc, etc.

I'm think of buying an Samsung 1080p 40" monitor (1920x1080) or acer 26" pc monitor (1920x1200)

samsung monitor have 6ms respond time 6000:1 contrast (dynamic) 1920x1080 progressive resolution and the acer have 5ms respond time 800:1 contrast and 1920x1200 resolution.

I would prefer the samsung 1080p monitor but I not shure it's good enough for a pc monitor (should It be good for playing computer game?) What do you think of that?

samsung 1080p TV
http://www.samsung.com/ca/products/tv/lcdtv/lns4096dxxaa.asp?page=Specifications

The Samsung tv's will be perfect for playing games. No ghosting or lag or anything to worry about.

Your only possible issue is how good 1920x1080 will look on a 40" monitor, depending on how far back you sit from it.

I have a westy 42" on my HTPC and you have to sit about 5-6 feet away to be comfortable using it with the windows desktop. It's just too bright to be sitting any closer.

Be aware, that sumsung 1080p TVs (95 & 96 series) don't have an option of 1:1 pixel mapping over HDMI inputs. VGA input allows you to use 1:1 mapping though...

Hi group

This is how I have connected by laptop to my LCD TV.

Laptop : Dell E1505 with s-video, VGA & headphone jack.
LCD TV : with s-video & VGA ports
Receiver : Audio ports

I have connected the laptop to the TV using VGA cable and I have connected laptop to receiver using the headphone jack using the regular (composite cable i think) so that the audio is output throught my speaker system.

Is this the right way to connect or are there bettwe ways/cables to connect. pls let me know

Thanks in advance

rsk

I don't think there is any other way to connect, other than using the S-video which would definitely be inferior, so what you're doing is correct.

Hello,

I just received a 40" Samsung LCD ( not read projection ) TV today,
and much to my dismay, the manual indicates that the HMDI ports
on this TV do NOT support computers.

I'm really surprised to read this, I know that rear projections LCD tvs ( 50" )
with HDMI ports do indeed support a computer with a dvi to hdmi cable.

I find this rather distressing :-(

There is a PC connection o the back of this TV, however I know that this will not produce a crisp screen vs a computer using an HDMI connection. (cable )

Is this something TV manufactures are just adding to their manuals in case to cover their backs ? - I do remember reading something that LCD rear projection TVs had a warning in their manuals ( Toshibas ? ) that you should not hook up a computer via the HDMI input port on the back of the TV, however this DOES indeed work.

I'm a bit new to this, so thank you for your time if you can help me out with this.

I shall weight in on this question,

as I just did this myself about 20 mins ago for the first time ever.

I was very skepical about how good a regular old computer monitor cable
connected to the laptop and the back of my new lcd tv would look but after seeing it, I have to say "wow "

The quality is indeed breaktaking. I could actually work on Windows XP,
do graphics, read email, surf the web - that is how clear the text is.

I'm very very impressed !

I hooked my laptop up using an old computer monitor cable I had in the basement, by the way, -- one end goes to the back of my laptop, the other end into the back of the lcd tv. ( great stuff ! ) and very easy.

The VGA connection on the back will actually give you a nice crisp screen. Try it. It's what I'm using as my main pc monitor.