How do i connect my comp to my hdtv with a dvi cable?

Question

hi my grafix card has a vga connector and a dvi connector i bought a cable but cannot get a picture on my tv on the end of the cable is a dvi socket on the other end is a hdmi connector please help

Answer 1

Well first off DVI is an analog signal, and HDMI is a digital so you cant simply connect them via a cable. You cant send an analog and connect it to a digital, but you can send digital to analog(this doesnt help you in your situation however). you will need a analog to digital converter(about 120 bucks). another option is that you could use a DVI to component cable, which keeps your signal analog. or could buy a cheap card that has s-video on it, this wouldnt give you a good picture but would give you one at that.

Answer 2

If you have a ''HDTV'' buy a ''DVI-to-HDMI cable'', or a ''DVI-HDMI converter'' with a ''HDMI cable''.

If you have a ''Standard TV'' set you may need a ''DVI-to-S VIDEO cable''.

Hope i made sense lol.

Hope this helped =]