How to connect your Home Theater
Our Home Theater connections page was very popular for a long time with its pictures of the various connections and explanations of what they were for. It has been a long time since we updated it. With the new HD DVD and Blu Ray connections, 1080p, HDMI 1.3 and new digital audio formats, we felt it was time to update our guide with the latest information. We also added in a section on Speaker cables. Please check it out and let us know if you'd like us to add anything to it.
Home Theater Connection Guide
Home Theater Connection Guide
Labels: Home Theater Connection Guide
posted by Thomas Steves at
12:33 PM
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I have a connectivity question. Can I use an LCD computer monitor (with DVI connector) as a TV monitor, using a HiDef DirecTV box HDMI connection, HDMI - DVI cable, and sending the sound through a stereo receiver? If that works, what quality of picture should I expect?
Thanks, DTK
Yes, if the LCD Display has "HDCP", No, if it does not. HDMI in virtually all cases uses HDCP for copy protection. This will not let you display the output on an LCD Monitor. There are some devices, only available overseas, that may circumvent HDCP, such as the "HD Fury" just becoming available in Europe, but these will never be sold by a company in this country that wants to sell HDMI and HDCP compatible products. Besides, unless you have a mega expensive Barco projector, or other non-upgradeable super display it is most likely not really worth it.
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