HDMI to DVI adapter?


Has anyone tried this? I am hoping it may remedy my delemma with my Sony 1080i CRT that does not have a HDMI input. It is incompatible with several blu-ray players that will only output an HD signal via HDMI (including the Playstation 3.) I would obviously have to run audio cables as well.

Thanks
rrekstad

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The only issue you might run into is color space. DVI has a slightly smaller color space than HDMI, so with certain combinations of players and TV's you might run into black level clipping issues (it'll appear as black blocks during dark parts of movies).

I was using a DVI -> HDMI adapter with my tv, but it didn't work out.
Rreckstad,

Sorry I missed your reply.

Changing the output resolution didn't seem to help the issue. My understanding is that the Denon 1920 that I use has only outputs at the extended colorspace supported by HDMI, and doesn't support DVI's slightly reduced colorspace (I think there's only 3 values difference between them).

Consequently I switched back to component. The DVI input on the TV is sitting unused at the moment.

Some DVD players let you select the color palette to use, and some may autodetect. Just something to watch for - if you notice what appears to be pixelation during dark passages you'll know exactly what the problem is (took me forever to figure it out!)
Here's a good explanation of how these colorspace issues crop up when going HDMI -> DVI:

http://archive2.avsforum.com/avs-vb/archive/index.php/t-486428.html