Yeah,
I was a little curious, as my Mac Mini has both DP and DVI out. And my NEC monitor has DP and DVI in.
So, with a lot of DVD players and gaming sources being HDMI out, I was wondering if my lack of HDMI ports would ever be a problem if I wanted to connect something else to my monitor.
Apparently not.
Just FYI, I did notice that there are cables/adapters now designed for as much.
Most seem to be for a DisplayPort source to an HDMI monitor, which will not work for my potential purpose.
But, here's an example of one designed for HDMI sources to a DP monitor, like mine:
http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=11091
It's a little pricy, at 35 Federal Reserve Bank Notes. But it seems that most sources, other than a computer, that I may wish to connect to my DP monitor, use HDMI out, not DVI out.
So, if I ever wanted to get a Slim PS3 to use as a Blu-Ray player and to play or share the gaming capacity on my DP/DVI NEC monitor, this seems to be a good way.
And, even though I'm not a gamer, at all, the Slim PS3 seems a good value as a Blu-Ray player, since it does more than just play Blue-Ray discs.
I mean, I'm guessing that some here do use the PS3 player as their Blu-Ray player, too.
Peace to you all,
C. Livingstone
I was a little curious, as my Mac Mini has both DP and DVI out. And my NEC monitor has DP and DVI in.
So, with a lot of DVD players and gaming sources being HDMI out, I was wondering if my lack of HDMI ports would ever be a problem if I wanted to connect something else to my monitor.
Apparently not.
Just FYI, I did notice that there are cables/adapters now designed for as much.
Most seem to be for a DisplayPort source to an HDMI monitor, which will not work for my potential purpose.
But, here's an example of one designed for HDMI sources to a DP monitor, like mine:
http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=11091
It's a little pricy, at 35 Federal Reserve Bank Notes. But it seems that most sources, other than a computer, that I may wish to connect to my DP monitor, use HDMI out, not DVI out.
So, if I ever wanted to get a Slim PS3 to use as a Blu-Ray player and to play or share the gaming capacity on my DP/DVI NEC monitor, this seems to be a good way.
And, even though I'm not a gamer, at all, the Slim PS3 seems a good value as a Blu-Ray player, since it does more than just play Blue-Ray discs.
I mean, I'm guessing that some here do use the PS3 player as their Blu-Ray player, too.
Peace to you all,
C. Livingstone