hooking up pc to pd7200

[vince_vega]

hi guys, i have just downloaded some wmv hi def samples from the internet and was wondering how do i hook up my pc to the plasma? i need to show the wife how amazing hi def really is so it will get her off my back for spending £1500 on a tv!!

 

[camorra]

good choice!

dvi from pc to dvi on your picturemaster

i suggest a vga of at least 128mb

 

[rickyjohn]

good choice!

dvi from pc to dvi on your picturemaster

i suggest a vga of at least 128mb

I'm gonna being doing the same thing soon when I get a 7200

Being a bit of a newbie, when you say DVI, do you mean a standard vga cable (15 pin) that you would use to a monitor, only I'm not sure my PC has a DVI output if its something else?

Also, vga of 128mb - don't understand!!

 

[windie]

I'm gonna being doing the same thing soon when I get a 7200

Being a bit of a newbie, when you say DVI, do you mean a standard vga cable (15 pin) that you would use to a monitor, only I'm not sure my PC has a DVI output if its something else?

Also, vga of 128mb - don't understand!!

Rickyjohn,

vga of 128mb - amount of memory your PC's graphic's card has.

DVI is a different type of output to the standard 15 pin VGA output from your PC. If you do a search either, on this forum or through google you will find out more info.

 

[wonderloaf]

Just one word of warning...when I tried to hook up my 7200 using a standard Dell DVI lead, I found it wouldn't fit, as there are a few flavours of DVI connection. I've got a PC hooked up to mine using the VGA connection, looks great at 1027 x 768 resolution.

 

[rickyjohn]

Just one word of warning...when I tried to hook up my 7200 using a standard Dell DVI lead, I found it wouldn't fit, as there are a few flavours of DVI connection. I've got a PC hooked up to mine using the VGA connection, looks great at 1027 x 768 resolution.

Thanks for the info guys. So, can you just clarify, do you need a special connection (DVI) on your PC or is DVI a standard output on PCs nowadays?

 

[fondiler]

Hi
I connected my pc to my 7200 via DVI and wow you wanna see Battlefield 2, was amazing

 

[wonderloaf]

Thanks for the info guys. So, can you just clarify, do you need a special connection (DVI) on your PC or is DVI a standard output on PCs nowadays?

You need a graphics card that will output in DVI format, it has a different connector style to the VGA output, but you can get adaptors to go between the two types.

 

[rickyjohn]

You need a graphics card that will output in DVI format, it has a different connector style to the VGA output, but you can get adaptors to go between the two types.

Welll just looked at the back of my PC and it looks like there is a DVI connection there - doh!!

 

[wonderloaf]

I looked into this a while ago and posted results, see this link:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=231859

Hope it helps.