Hi, i recently was lucky enough to get my hands on a xbox360 and hi-def lcd tv (philips 32pf750d)........ however something has come to light recently.

The HI-Def (DVI connection) at the back of the TV is now occupied by my beloved xbox360..... so what happens when sky's hidef comes out, or i want to purchase a hd-dvd player in the future? is there any device i can buy or any way that i can connect multiple HI-Def equipment to my TV?



Can someone please try to help me, or should i try to contact the sales team at the electrical store to try to get my point across.

Below is a link to a website that reviews my TV.

Cheers in advance Paul.

http://www.homecinemachoice.com/cgi-...?reviewid=6336

[MattDJ]

http://www.keene.co.uk/cgi-bin/bigcodesearch.pl?HDS21R

Tho "Gefen" make a few that have 4 inputs for both DVI and HDMI - might be worth googling.

[Starburst]

Isn't the xbox360 equipped to allow HD over VGA or Component since there is no copyright issues at least until the HD-DVD version appears so HDCP over HDMI or DVI is a non-issue.

As for the TV itself, well the DVI socket like other Philips should allow component with a suitable connector and also VGA both of which may be useful for the xbox360.

Connecting two sources to the single DVI socket is then just a matter of getting a suitable splitter.

starburst, forgive me for being thick.... but the back of my telly only has connectgions for hidef via 1 DVI connection.... are you saying to me, get a DVI to component adapter which has multi connections to it like, DVI,VGA,and components connections aswell?

or do you think my telly has a component socket? cos it does not....

ta

[Lin3ar]

Originally Posted by dvfpaul

starburst, forgive me for being thick.... but the back of my telly only has connectgions for hidef via 1 DVI connection.... are you saying to me, get a DVI to component adapter which has multi connections to it like, DVI,VGA,and components connections aswell?

or do you think my telly has a component socket? cos it does not....

ta

If your telly does not have component inputs then it is not a 'HD Ready' set and should not have been sold a such.

[DynaMight]

I also have a Phillips HDTV with 1x DVI.

You should had got a DVI>Component cable with the TV (I did) with one of those and http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tv...eo-switch.html plus maybe http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/AD012.html for the sound you can easily have 3 HD devices connected up.

DVI is a very compatible input really with adaptors it can accept DVI, VGA, Component and HDMI, Just a shame theres only one!

Edit: If you dont have one you can buy one here: http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tv...onent-dvi.html

[Starburst]

As DynaMight says the DVI on most Philips models is a multi format input, it can accept component or VGA with a suitable and cheap adaptor, one should have been supplied.


The review from the link supplied does actually state the DVI accepts component with an adaptor

[MAW]

The switchers don't work with those philips DVI-I sockets, don't think there is DVI-I in the switcher. Ie you can use a component switcher or a DVI switcher, but you can't mix component and DVI, or you can't on my Gefen and Philips setup.

thanks for the help guys and gals.