<grumble> To eek a little more life of an older TV, I'm trying track down an inexpensive way to convert HDMI to DVI plus RCA (L/R). I might be able to go HDMI to Component +Audio assuming I can find the cables for the device plugged in there. It might just be my bad searching but my usual go-to Monoprice didn't seem to have what I was looking for.
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Anyone have any site suggestions/links/etc? Thanks!
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I'm not sure you can do a straight conversion. What are you trying to plug into the television? Does it have a separate audio-out, or is HDMI your only option? Generally, you have to do HDMI to DVI (which can be done with a cable for <$10), but you have to do the audio as a separate feed, as far as I know.
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Yeah, the source is HDMI out only. I'm looking to hook a Roku to an older TV that I'll use to watch Classic Doctor Who while my wife is gaming on another TV.
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Thought I had a solution and realized that it had HDMI as the output. <sigh>
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Your comment exemplifies your title. ;-)
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Looks like it'll strip the HDCP copy protection. Should work.
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Ended up going with a HDMI to DVI option via an adapter that pulls out the audio to RCA and then an HDMI to DVI cable. Now to wait and see if it all works. :)
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To follow up, it works like a champ. There was only a small issue when I was hooking it up. I couldn't figure out why there wasn't any audio. I tried different adapters and cables. Reset all the equipment. And then I finally realized I had connected it wrong. The RCA input was on the left of the DVI port...not the right. Oopsie! (And to think I had a perfectly clear picture available to me!)
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