Buying the ADC to DVI adapter: DVI-d, or i

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Buying the ADC to DVI adapter: DVI-d, or i

I was looking to hook a 20" Sony LCD to my Apple Dual G5 2.5 ghz with the stock graphics card in it.

Currently, I have an Apple Cinema Widscreen 20" hooked up via DVI calbe. The other free port is an ADC.

So, naturally I look for the adapter, which it is available for 30 bucks.

However, looking at the reviews. I'm noticing someone said something about it not working with DVD-d. Is this true?

The monitor I would like to hook up requires DVI-d.

Graphics Card: ATI Radeon 9600 XT Chipset

G5 Dual 2.5ghz (not core), Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on Jun 29, 2006 10:37 PM

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Answer 1

ds store

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Jul 5, 2006 3:08 PM in response to Nathan Pinard

Your Sony monitor is a TV, it's not a multisync/multiscan devices like a computer monitor is.

Computers output DVI-I, you will need a computer monitor.

It can be made to work but it it will look like junk.

sorry

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Answer 2

Jul 5, 2006 5:34 PM in response to ds store

ADC, DVI-I and DVI-A all carry analog RGB (VGA style) Video signals that can be encoded to composite/S-vid NTSC.

ADC -> DVI-(A/D/I) cables work fine. ADC is in fact DVI-I +25VDC and USB on a single connector, splitting signals via adapters works perfectly.

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Answer 3

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Jul 5, 2006 9:52 PM in response to Forrest McElfresh1

Must have been half asleep when I posted earlier,

He's going off ADC with a 'ADC to DVI adapter' to get DVI-I, then connecting a DVD-D to that because his monitor doesn't take RGB.

DVI-I just has one more "hole" that doesn't get filled by the DVD-D male plug.

Since the monitor is accepting digital it should work fine.

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