Will a dvi-d cable to hdmi cable work?

Question

Today I bought an ultra cheap 32" lcd tv for £300

got it home and reilised it has no pc port, only hdmi and two scart.

Looked around online and found serveral cables which connect dvi-d to hdmi

my laptop has a dvi-d port - its an acer 6463wlmi

if i got a dvi/dvi-d to hdmi cable will this work? do i need to change screen settings or anything to make it work??

thanks alot - petexx

Answer 1

It should work. As long as you go to the HDMI source, and set the laptop to output to the DVI port, there should be some sort of picture. Some tweaking with the resolution may be needed, and dont forget it wont carry any sound. You need a headphone jack to phono cable to use that.