Any good High-Def Cardbus/PCMCIA Video Cards available?

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My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI output
on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire outputs
going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards high-end
corporate presentations, and not home video.

Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay said:
My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI
output
on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire
outputs
going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards
high-end
corporate presentations, and not home video.

Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.

- Tim
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you could get a VGA to DVI cable...
 
you could get a VGA to DVI cable...
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That would mean losing much of the precision in the original signal.
It's not the getting of DVI output only, but preserving the accuracy
of the image.

- Tim

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Spammay said:
My laptop has SVGA and S-Video out, but no DVI-out. So I was wondering if
there's anywhere I can find a Cardbus/PCMCIA video card that has a DVI output
on it. There seem's to've been one popular one out there, which is now
discontinued, and all the other things I've found (cardbus or firewire outputs
going to a box with multiple DVI outputs) seem to be geared towards high-end
corporate presentations, and not home video.

Anyone know of any such beast? Google results are disappointing.

- Tim
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If your TV has a DVI input, you can use an SVGA to DVI cable. I use one
in my setup (laptop to TV) and it works great.

click here for the SVGA to DVI cable:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_l...engine=adwords!654&keyword=(dvi+to+vga+cable)

-Naz
 
dg said:
Such a cable doesn't exist, at least none that will make the analog VGA
signals into digital DVI data.
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I'll have to take a closer look at the cable I use to hook up my laptop to
my tv
 
Naz said:
If your TV has a DVI input, you can use an SVGA to DVI cable. I use one
in my setup (laptop to TV) and it works great.

click here for the SVGA to DVI cable:
Click to expand...
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_l...engine=adwords!654&keyword=(dvi+to+vga+cable)

That, my friend, is an SVGA to SVGA cable that just happens to have one end
configured to use the SVGA pins on a DVI-I connector instead of the HD15
connector.

It does not support digital signalling, which appears to be what the OP is
seeking.
 
If the interface is DVI-I, it has analog on the extra pins arranged in a +
on one side. Most consumer electronics don't use the analog option, but
many computers have it.

Leonard
 
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