Help Another new monitor thread

[caLLous]

Hi. I too have an old 2405FPW and as other 2405FPW'ers will know, it lacks HDMI in. It's in storage at the moment but will be reinstated soon. I'm about to buy a new laptop with HDMI and normal 15pin VGA outputs.

When I had the monitor plugged into my PC, I used DVI to DVI. I see I can get an HDMI > DVI adapter and then use a DVI cable OR buy a HDMI cable and use a HDMI > DVI adapter at the other end. Does it matter which one I go with? I'm assuming both will trump the 15pin VGA route.

Thanks!

edit - Just found this

A DVI signal is electrically compatible with an HDMI video signal; no signal conversion is required when an adapter or asymmetric cable is used, and consequently no loss in video quality occurs.

which is encouraging.

 

[Ch3tan]

Just remember it does not support HDCP on the monitor, so you won't be able to watch blu-rays for example on it.

 

[caLLous]

Hmmm thats a mighty fine point. I have a TV with HDMI in that I was planning on using as well, but do you have any experience with an HDCP stripper like the HDFury2? I was planning to use the Dell mostly just for extra desktop real estate in Windows but I would like to be able to run HDCP stuff to it if the mood took me.