DVI-D Output

[pacman99]

Hey,
I was getting sick and tired of my ATI Radeon 7000. With S-Video TV Out i always see small boxes on my 50" HDTV and with composite out I see waves :( So I was looking to buy a new card for my system. I have a HDTV which has DVI input. I was wondering, though, if it would be possible to connect the DVI-D output from a video card directly to the TV or would I have to stick to composite or something?
I've also noticed that if I connect the DVI output from my digital cable box straight to my TV, I get the wrong colours being outputted. Like instead of seeing light purple i'll see dark purple. Component video's just fine. So would that have some sort of problem with the video card? I've never used the DVI input since I bought the TV either so...i'm not sure if there's a signal problem or what.

Thanks~

[SeeMoreDigital]

You did not say what make of 50" HDTV you have (as a few people here might have the same and be able to help you with some of its finer settings).

I can only speak from personal experience when I say, I've been connecting my PC via DVI to my Hitachi HDTV for about a year now.... and the images I see look very good indeed. And the colours are spot on!

That said, the Hitachi does offer two types of DVI settings.... "DVI-PC" and "DVI-STB".... And I did notice the "DVI-STB" setting blew the colours... especially the blues ;)

Now as the DVI connection on my HDTV is purely digital, a few days ago I decided to abandon the chunky DVI-A/D cable I was using and go for a much sleeker 5 metre HDMI cable (with HDMI-to-DVI adaptors at each end) instead. Aside from the HDMI cables being much skinnier, they are also seem to be more readily available in shorter lengths, as I also picked up a 1 meter cable for the Zensonic Z500 High Definition Network DVD Media Player I'm testing.... But that's another story!


Cheers

[pacman99]

hmmm thanks. I'm not aware of any DVI settings. I think I just have one. The menu mentions nothing about two settings. I have a Philips.
Maybe I'll try doing a google search on DVI settings for my TV.
Just wanted to make sure that it IS possible to use the DVI output from a card.

Thanks!

[SeeMoreDigital]

You should be fine ;)