XPost: sci.electronics.components, sci.electronics.design   
   From: look165@numericable.fr   
      
   And the cable is not the same !   
      
   Rob a écrit :   
   > DaveC  wrote:   
   >> I see plenty of DVI-to-HDMI and HDIM-to-DVI adapters to be purchased.   
   >>   
   >> Are these standards equally convertible without losing fidelity   
   >> (manufacturing quality issues aside)? Are such adapters simply   
   >> pin-configuration adapters with no circuitry?   
   >   
   > They are.  HDMI is just a further development of DVI, using different   
   > connectors and adding new features, but the digital frame format is   
   > the same.  A DVI signal can be displayed on a HDMI device without   
   > problem, but the reverse is not necessarily true.  Note that a HDMI   
   > signal usually includes audio, and a DVI device cannot handle it.  So,   
   > when you have audio, you need a device to separate it out of the HDMI   
   > (such a simple adapter won't do that) or use an alternate audio output   
   > connector on the device (e.g. cinch).   
   >   
      
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