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Both my video card and Panasonic Plasma TV have both HDMI and a Monitor plug.
Since I set up my HTPC with XBMC I have been using a computer monitor cable and the resolution set at the 1920 x whatever for both the TV and the computer.
Would I be better off using the HDMI cable? I have had no issues and the picture is great (stutters a little when there are a bunch ocean waves or rain on the screen, but I think this is the computer)
Thoughts?
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If you're not sending sound to the TV, then i don't think that it would matter. If, however, you are using separate cables to send video and audio to the TV (or to an AVR), then why not just simplify and use an HDMI cable? But, if it works now, why change it? You may have problems you didn't have before if you start using HDMI. Handshakes, EDID, etc.
Are you using a VGA splitter of some sort - or does your HTPC have two VGA outputs?
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2012-08-23, 04:43
(This post was last modified: 2012-08-23, 05:01 by sialivi.)
If you mean DVI, you won't really notice any difference switching to HDMI other than being able to pass audio through the same cable (and a bunch of other features if your tv support them, such as full hd 3d).
If you mean VGA, you really should switch to HDMI. VGA is analog, so your graphics card converts your digital content to analog and then back again at the TV end.
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It is VGA and my computer has just 1 output. It is a dedicated HTPC and the TV is the only monitor so I am not splitting it .
I am sending the audio to a Pre/Pro via spdif.
If it is converting to analog and back then that might explain the pix-elation I am getting sometimes?
Should I expect have to do any tweaking to get it work though the HDMI?
Thanks again everyone,
Ted
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In my experience, the only tweaking needed to connect my laptop (or any pc for that matter) by HDMI to my TV was to set the HDMI as default playback device in my Sound settings.
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I bet that Anthem does sound nice!