Greenest PC?
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| Author | Content |
|---|---|
| ColonelPanik Mar 18, 2009 2:18 PM EDT |
I want one, NOW. |
| Steven_Rosenber Mar 18, 2009 2:26 PM EDT |
Problem: No VGA out, only DVI |
| techiem2 Mar 18, 2009 3:21 PM EDT |
Sweet.
What kind of DVI port is that?
If an adapter for it to VGA is cheap...that would a sweet little desktop or server. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 18, 2009 4:01 PM EDT |
That's a weird port. It's labeled DVI but looks like no DVI port I've ever seen. It looks like a HDMI port to me. Compare the screenshots with these: HDMI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HDMI_Connector_Pinout.svg DVI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DVI_Connector_Pinout.svg Mini-DVI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiniDVI_Connector_Pinout.s... Micro-DVI (far right): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple-MacBook-Air-Ports.jp... |
| Bob_Robertson Mar 18, 2009 4:45 PM EDT |
By Cromm, _another_ video hardware port? Somewhere around here I think I still have one of those SPARC to VGA adapters. Right next to my RS232 25-to-9 pin converter. What I really want is a PCI (not PCI-e!) video card with composite out. Can't find one. Clearly I am way too far behind the tech curve. |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 18, 2009 4:50 PM EDT |
Quoting:By Cromm, _another_ video hardware port? Don't get too excited. DVI has it's uses. The sole purpose of HDMI is forcing DRM down your throat. By the way,I think I have a PCI with composite out but if I do, it's going to be old. 1998-ish old. I definitely have an AGP with composite out lying around (Nvidia TNT2 32 MB). |
| theboomboomcars Mar 18, 2009 4:57 PM EDT |
That does look like an HDMI port, which is compatible with DVI with an adapter, he should have called it an HDMI port not a DVI port. Link to an adapter if anyone is interested. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id... |
| Sander_Marechal Mar 18, 2009 5:00 PM EDT |
Note that the converter will only give you DVI-D as in digital, not DVI-A (analogue) so you still need a monitor that can understand a digital signal or convert it. |
| ColonelPanik Mar 18, 2009 6:01 PM EDT |
Damn, now I don't one. |
| theboomboomcars Mar 18, 2009 10:39 PM EDT |
Colonel you don't have to worry about the DRM aspects of the HDMI if you run linux on the system, but you will be able to connect it to your new HDTV. I wonder if it has the sound pass-through with the HDMI or if it is just video. |
| ColonelPanik Mar 19, 2009 1:35 PM EDT |
Boom: Don't have a TV. If it is not on the internet it is not worth knowing about. |
| Bob_Robertson Mar 20, 2009 9:17 AM EDT |
> 1998-ish old. Then it's likely to have a working Linux driver! |
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