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[HELP!!!]Any tech junkies able to help with HDMI/HDTV problem?

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  1. Dreamshake

    Dreamshake Contributing Member

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    So I finally figured out my HDMI port to my 50 inch HDTV is blown. I took apart my smaller HDTV to see if it was maybe something I could remove and replace in my larger HDTV. As I saw it, it was attatched to a motherboard/mainboard and all seems lost. I called a part store, and they want to charge me 780 dollars for the board!!!

    Does anyone know if there is a way to just replace the HDMI port, or can I use the DVI port and will my blu ray disks look just as good and can I run full HD out of the DVI port?

    Absolutely sickening is that I finally made the plunge into buying Blu Ray disks and now I cant watch them except for in standard mode.


    Anyone have any idea's?
     
    #1 Dreamshake, Oct 21, 2007
  2. macalu

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    all i know about HDMI is that a $20 cable is just as good as the $90 gold plated cable from bestbuy.
     
    #2 macalu, Oct 21, 2007
  3. LegendZ3

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    DVI should be just fine. And if you must use HDMI, there are DVI to HDMI cables.
     
    #3 LegendZ3, Oct 21, 2007
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    I thought I had a bad port on my TV but I decided to try a new cable first and luckily that fixed it.

    maybe.
     
    #4 Dubious, Oct 21, 2007
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    Or maybe the TV is under warranty? Look up the specs on your model and see if there's any way that the HDMI port is merely disabled.
     
    #5 WildSweet&Cool, Oct 21, 2007
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    DVI should be fine, you just have to remember that no sound will come out so you will need to use the optic port for audio
     
    #6 tulexan, Oct 21, 2007
  7. Dreamshake

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    I have already tried new cables. The TV is not under warranty. I bought it 1 year and 5 months ago, and warranty is only 1 year. How bad does that suck.

    If I use the DVI port on my TV to my PS3 will it run at full HD, or will it run at a lower spec, how about the sound?

    Does anyone know where I could possibly find a used part for HDTV's significantly cheaper?

    I feel like I have a new 52 inch paper weight.
     
    #7 Dreamshake, Oct 21, 2007
  8. Fatty FatBastard

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    You do have a TV. Enjoy being a r****d.

    HD is r****ded, and should not be purchased for the next decade, unless you are a moron.

    Hell, anything tinman posts reiterates my point.
     
    #8 Fatty FatBastard, Oct 21, 2007
  9. tinman

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    HD is unstoppable!
     
    #9 tinman, Oct 21, 2007
  10. LegendZ3

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    HDMI and DVI uses the same video signal, so it should be the same. All you need is to connect the audio separately.
     
    #10 LegendZ3, Oct 21, 2007
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    I bought a $3 cable on amazon. worked great.
     
    #11 bladeage, Oct 22, 2007
  12. bladeage

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    Well put some paper under it, why waste a good paper-weight?
     
    #12 bladeage, Oct 22, 2007
  13. SwoLy-D

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    :( Dude. You don't call someone a "r****d." You call your friends who are acting r****ded a "r****d." - Michael S. Scott

    He's not saying he can't watch TV.
     
    #13 SwoLy-D, Oct 22, 2007
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