Need help with DVI 40ft cable and a VGA card

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

Hiya guys

A friend of mine build a house and set up a home theater in the basement with a 106 and a LCD projector. His problem is that he ran a DVI cable from the equipment to the projector and there's no way to run a VGA one.

Is there a way to use a DVI to VGA adaptor with a female / female adaptor off of the vid card and then use one more DVI to VGA to plug into he back of the LCD projector?

Or if anyone else has any good ideas I would be very thankful for it.

Hella

PS I have already thought of getting a new vid card if my idea wont work. just looking for a cheap way to do this.

 

[pxc]

Isn't it much easier to put the computer near the projector and run a long audio cable instead?

 

[JBark]

As long as the cable is a DVI-I cable (both analog and digital connections), then this shouldn't be a problem at all. Just grab a couple of these:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=110&sku=26957

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

Isn't it much easier to put the computer near the projector and run a long audio cable instead?

lol not in this room heres some pics of it

I dont think hes going to want a PC up there lol

 

[finalgt]

Sorry, no words of advice, but:

Hot damn that is sweet.

 

[Megadeth_Guy01]

Why in the hell wouldn't he want a PC up there, it would make that room look even better.

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

lol

 

[BBA]

Might as well buy a bunch of vga extension cables...because thats what a long DVI cable with a DVI to VGA adaptor is going to give you.I am surprised he went cheap and bought a projector without native DVI input. He must have gotten a model a few years older.

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

It does have a DVI input his computer does not have a DVI output

 

[Unknown-One]

Well, the optimal solution in that case would be to upgrade his video card

 

[Fawkes]

That looks awfully expensive...

why not just build a custom HTPC?

Silverstone case, an athlon64, gig o ram, good dvd rom drive, geforce 6600 (for pure video) and a samsung hdd. would be pretty sweet.

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

Hes not much of a PC guy just looking to play a few games on it and mostly music

 

[lithium726]

hes playing games with a card taht doesnt feature DVI? tahts gotta be pretty damn old..

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

lol like I said not much of a PC guy main use is going to be music

 

[Erasmus354]

what video card does he have currently? I agree that the best option should be to upgrade the video card.

 

[TESLA]

The best solution is to upgrade the video card to feature DVI, hands down.

If he does not game often, the card can be had for cheap.

Does he have a 40 ft. DVI to DVI cable?

Those are expensive: ~$250

EDIT: With a cable that long, depending on your friend's equipment, he may need an amplifier.

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

Yeah the cable was ran when he build the house. I was just looking at Ebay can get a new vid card for 40-60

 

[TESLA]

Yeah the cable was ran when he build the house. I was just looking at Ebay can get a new vid card for 40-60

You do not even need E-Bay, the cards can be had for well under $100 new.

 

[[H]ella|[H]ard]

Yeah I know, but if his wife catches him spending any more she will go crazy lol