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From: William R. Walsh on 16 Feb 2010 16:28
Hi!

DVI does not have any facility to pass sound through. It is a video
only connection.

(It is, however, electrically convertible to an HDMI connection with
an adapter. However, this will not add sound unless the DVI to HDMI
adapter has a way to plug into a sound card as well. I've never seen
one that did.)

William
From: Nick on 16 Feb 2010 19:40

On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:20:26 -0600, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, me(a)privacy.net
wrote:

>"WSZsr" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>But does the DVI port pass sound? Better to get an inexpensive ATI 4xxx
>>series with and HDMI port
>
>
>that's what I'm thinking too....that dvi wont pass
>audio

Does the HDMI input have an associated audio input connector (or
connectors)?

On my TV, the HDMI connector has a pair of separate audio connectors
specifically for use with a computer: a DVI to HDMI adapter handles the
video, and a separate audio cable handles the audio from the computer's
sound board.

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl(a)pobox.com>

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley." Robert Burns
From: WSZsr on 18 Feb 2010 07:41
HDMI carries both audio and video. No other connections required.

"Nick" <tanstaafl(a)pobox.com> wrote in message
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>
> On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:20:26 -0600, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell,
> me(a)privacy.net
> wrote:
>
>>"WSZsr" <nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>But does the DVI port pass sound? Better to get an inexpensive ATI 4xxx
>>>series with and HDMI port
>>
>>
>>that's what I'm thinking too....that dvi wont pass
>>audio
>
> Does the HDMI input have an associated audio input connector (or
> connectors)?
>
> On my TV, the HDMI connector has a pair of separate audio connectors
> specifically for use with a computer: a DVI to HDMI adapter handles the
> video, and a separate audio cable handles the audio from the computer's
> sound board.
>
> --
> Nick <mailto:tanstaafl(a)pobox.com>
>
> "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft agley." Robert Burns

From: Nick on 18 Feb 2010 10:18

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:41:55 -0600, in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell, "WSZsr"
<nospam(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>HDMI carries both audio and video. No other connections required.

I know that perfectly well.

However, the original poster doesn't have an HDMI port on his computer.

If he does have a DVI port, using a DVI to HDMI adapter and a separate audio
cable might be a simpler solution than adding a new video card just to get
an HDMI port.

But that will only work if his TV has HDMI audio input connectors that can
be used for the audio signal that isn't available from the computer's DVI
connector.

--
Nick <mailto:tanstaafl(a)pobox.com>
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