Originally Posted by
WChou
You are correct that a cable is a cable but that is assuming the manufacturer did not take shortcuts when building the cable. I am guessing not all the pins in your cable are utilized.
Can you use another standard like HDMI?
Originally Posted by
pseudoswede
Ah, interesting. Thanks guys. I will check the cable with a multimeter.
My new server has only VGA and DVI outputs. The TV has HDMI and VGA inputs. I know I could do a DVI-to-VGA adapter but I think I'd run in to the same issue since it would be converted to analog along the way somehow.
It's not a big deal anyway, since I have a Mac Mini attached to the TV with HDMI. I usually play things off the Mac Mini but had been thinking it would be nice to not have to turn on the Mac if I didn't feel like it. Also, the Mac has gotten rather slow, and struggles to keep up with some video output.