DVI to VGA

[rdt123]

Hi,

If i buy a denon A11 dvd player, can i get a convertor from DVI to VGA and plug it into my Panny 5?

If so is it worth it?

 

[philipb]

Don't have one but don't think so. The DVI should be DVI-D, ie digital only. The adapters only work on DVI-I which carries digital and anlogue.

 

[rdt123]

Is there any way i can get 1080i into my plasma from this player?

Cheers

 

[philipb]

Need some help here from the A11 owners club.

My guess is only with something like one of the Lumagens.

Are you sure the Panny can take a 1080i? Even if it can its not a given that it would be a better picture than feeding it at native rate.

 

[rdt123]

HI,

Yes i am sure the panny 5 does take 1080i and i know the a11 up scales to 1080i but only yhrough the dvi. I have seen a dvi-d to vga convertor

Anybody know

 

[dgc]

Is there a point in getting the A11 to scale up to 1080i when the panny 5 will simply down scale it again ???

 

[kurtz]

I think the A11's DVI output is HDCP encrypted. If so you'd need to check that the DVI-VGA convertor can terminate an HDCP signal and break it out into analogue VGA. I didn't think that was allowed.

 

[rdt123]

doesn't really look like it is paractical after all