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Tecmo on 19 March 2010

Hello all:

 

        I have just connected my PC to my new hdtv with a dvi to hdmi cable. After about an hour and a half of messing around with it I finally figured out how to switch between the vga and dvi-outputs. To get the dvi output to work I have to go into my graphics card menu and switch from analog to digital.

My question is: is there a way that I could have both the analog and the digital connected at the same time so I could just switch back and forth between my tv and monitor by using the source button on my tv remote? It's a pain in the butt having to switch to analog to digital when i want to watch a movie on the internet and have it displayed on my tv.

 

And yes i know I could just leave my tv as my monitor but I prefer not to do that. Thanks in advance for any help.



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ruimartiniman on 19 March 2010

Do you have two dvi outputs? You can use a dvi-vga converter. It works for me. What is your graphics card?



Tecmo on 19 March 2010

no I just have one dvi output and one vga output my card is NVIDIA GEForce 5200 (old I know)

I can have both connected at the same time, but I always have to go into the nvidia menu and switch between the analog and digital output (i.e. I can only have one displayed at a time)

I just want to have both sources selected at the same time just for different monitors



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ruimartiniman on 19 March 2010

Do you have a hdmi or dvi input in your pc monitor?



Tecmo on 19 March 2010

hdmi



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ruimartiniman on 19 March 2010

You can get a switch with a hdmi input and two hdmi outputs, connect the dvi- hdmi cable to the switch input and two hdmi-hdmi cables from the outputs, one to the monitor and the other to the hdtv. Problem is you will have to buy the switch and two more cables.



Tecmo on 19 March 2010
ruimartiniman said:
You can get a switch with a hdmi input and two hdmi outputs, connect the dvi- hdmi cable to the switch input and two hdmi-hdmi cables from the outputs, one to the monitor and the other to the hdtv. Problem is you will have to buy the switch and two more cables.

damn that sucks...don't think I have the cash for that, guess I'll just switch it manually when i want to watch a movie on my tv through the internet

 

thanks for the help though



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ruimartiniman on 19 March 2010

I suppose it´s better wait to get money to upgrade to a new graphics card , with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs.



Tecmo on 19 March 2010
ruimartiniman said:

I suppose it´s better wait to get money to upgrade to a new graphics card , with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs.

think i might just save up some money and buy a new computer in the summer....do newer computers come standard with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs or do i have to specifically have them put on?



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ruimartiniman on 19 March 2010
Tecmo said:

think i might just save up some money and buy a new computer in the summer....do newer computers come standard with two hdmi and/or dvi outputs or do i have to specifically put on?

I´m not sure, but i believe many recent graphic cards have only digital outputs and a dvi-vga converter is included in the pack. I have a EN8800 ultra bought 2 years ago with 2 dvi´s output, no vga.