HDMI to DVI and visa-versa

[tamlaras]

I am thinking of buying a Lumagen Vision HDQ and was just wondering if there are any issues with using hdmi to dvi cables into the lumagen and then DVI to HDMI cables from the lumagen into my plasma.

The DVI on my plasma doesn't support HDCP so i'm assuming that I would use the HDMI for input. Does the HDMI allow me to output at the panel's natural resolution or is that only via DVI.

My HDMI inputs are likely to be Sky-HD and Pixel Magic HD Mediabox for the foreseeable future with DVD player via component and XBOX 360 via component.

Would the XBOX 360 be better via VGA with some sort of VGA to DVI converter?

Sorry for so many questions, thanks in advance for you help.

 

[NonPayingMember]

I am thinking of buying a Lumagen Vision HDQ and was just wondering if there are any issues with using hdmi to dvi cables into the lumagen and then DVI to HDMI cables from the lumagen into my plasma.

The DVI on my plasma doesn't support HDCP so i'm assuming that I would use the HDMI for input. Does the HDMI allow me to output at the panel's natural resolution or is that only via DVI.

My HDMI inputs are likely to be Sky-HD and Pixel Magic HD Mediabox for the foreseeable future with DVD player via component and XBOX 360 via component.

Would the XBOX 360 be better via VGA with some sort of VGA to DVI converter?

Sorry for so many questions, thanks in advance for you help.

The video signal information will be exactly the same. You just won't be able to route HDMI audio to the plasma (which you wouldn't anyway!).

I would probably run the 360 720p component (apparently doesn't do 720p using the VGA cable - only PC resolutions???). This way you can run a 720p pass-thru straight to the display rather than worry about 50-60Hz conversion and scaling delay. Or even run the consoles direct to the screen...

 

[Joe Fernand]

Hello tamlaras

Liam must be on the hot sauce tonight

If your source is HDCP encrypted then no matter that its going into the Lumagen Vision processor on DVI and being Output on DVI the HDCP encryption is still in place when the signal exits the Lumagen so wont work with your Display.

You either have to 'defeat' the HDCP encryption (before or after the Lumagen) or as Liam suggests use the Analogue (YPbPr) 'Component' signals your Source devices are capable of delivering.

Best regards

Joe

PS It would be HDMI>DVI then DVI>DVI if you had an HDMI Source + Lumagen + DVI equipped Display.

 

[NonPayingMember]

chap has Fuji 50" with HDMI...

No need to worry about HDCP stripping, just run HDMI-DVI leads as I said. Is all the same signals and Fuji 50" will do 1:1 from a scaler through the HDMI port

 

[tamlaras]

Sorry if I caused some confusion there.
The Fuji 50" has both DVI and HDMI inputs but the DVI does not support HDCP encryption.
I knew what I meant

Thanks
Tam