<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/25/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jan Johansson</b> <<a href="mailto:j2@mupp.net">j2@mupp.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
>DVI uses the exact same signals as HDMI. Just buy a DVI to HDMI cable and you can use any video card with DVI.<br><br>The thing is, space is at a premium (depthwise) in my AV-bench. Measuring shows that my HDMI-cable will fit.. as long as it does not build more then 7mm more then the back-plate of my HTCP. And I have not found a DVU->HDMI cable that is as slim as that. So, I figured I would get a media box with HDMI when I am building my new one.
<br><br>Silly way of reasoning I guess.<br><br></blockquote></div>High quality DVI or HDMI cables are rather thick and don't like to bend much. If you need to save space behind your HTPC case you can use a right angle adapter on the DVI port.
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