New MythTV - DVI video question?

So on my ‘loaner’ tv I have a DVI-HDTV plug. The two VGA to DVI adaptors look ALMOST the same, but not quite. The difference is that next to the horizontal spade lug, there are two veritcal spade lugs. After that follows the 3 rows of tiny pins. I checked and there are no contacts in the two vertical spade lug plugs, they are just empty sockets. It looks sort of like the DVI-DualLink.

Anyone have any experience with this? Is there any way I can get my PC hooked up to this thing or am I SOL? I’d rather not have to purchase a new video card but I will if Im sure it’ll solve the problem, at the moment looking at the pages I can find on DVI plugs, Im not so sure it will!

Thanks…

http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html (the page I was looking at the plug types on)

For all of the time sunk into this, you’re probably just as well off to get a new video card with DVI. I think it’s hard to get one without DVI these days, actually, and you don’t need to spend huge bucks to get a modern low-end card that will blow away most high-performance cards of just a year or two ago.

I dug around and found a video card with DVI out. Then trying to find a cable was another adventure as no one stocks these things. I had to order a cable from Amazon. I tried it last night and it worked. Fuzzy but it worked. Time to start checking connections and figure out why it didnt look so great. I think my card has had some abuse in its day… I’m just glad I found something that works, I was afraid of spending the cash only to find out some OTHER obsticle. So now I don’t mind buying a good card/cable as I know this’ll do what I want.

Then, back to the fun of MythTV!

I may have a DVI cable you can use, in case you’re having layer 1 issues.

DVI is a digital connection, whereas VGA is an analog signal, so you get a slightly higher quality signal with DVI than with VGA.

The latest update is, I got it working. Sorta. I ordered a new DVI cable and it hooked up just fine. I got output, but the LCD tv I have is a little weird. I think it was something like 1175X720. Some wacko screen size. Since this TV is a loaner, Im not going to worry too much about it and just keep trying things and not invest until I get my old TV back. (Yeah, right)

The other problem is my MythTV overheated in the tv cabinet a week ago. Seems the myth + cable box in that cabinet is a little warm…. might not work on this until temps cool down and my house is more at 68 and not 88.