Archive for the 'DVI' Category

Connecting 4 DVI Sources to 1 Display

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

A while back we added a switch that allows you to connect 4 DVI Sources to 1 Display.

It has 4 HDMI ports on the back and one DVI port on the front. It comes with adapters to connect your DVI sources to the HDMI ports. Since the video signals for HDMI and DVI [...]

DVI-I

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

I am comparing two DVI switches on the internet. A vendor boasts that they will “beat the competition’s price”. Taking the manufacturing giant up on its challenge, I am told by their tech support that DVI-D is actually better than DVI-I. I am told DVI-I is a hybrid protocol and cannot be [...]

DVI-D to DVI-I

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Hi, My TV/Monitor has a DVI-D connection and a VGA connection. The TV brand is ILO-2600 I want to buy a new video card for my computer and the ones Im looking at have DVI-I connections. Will they work for me ? Can I connect a DVI-D to a DVI-I ?

Connection creator

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Check out the connection creator we made. With this tool you can find the parts you need to connect almost any display with almost any source. If it is too small on your monitor, then click here.

DVI to Component adapter

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Our SW-4041 is an adapter that will let you output from a compatible video card to use your TV as a monitor.
While the adapter itself has an ATI chipset, it does work with both ATI and NVidia cards. ATI’s website has posted a list of the compatible chipsets

Radeon® 9800 series
Radeon® 9700 [...]

Component to HDMI

Friday, March 24th, 2006

Is it possible to connect Component and HDMI? Yes. But it might not be worth it.

DVDO iScan

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

The DVDO iScan is just too cool not to talk about - any home-theater enthusiast should be able to appreciate a A/V Hub/Scaler that allows you to upscale 480i to 576p and provides 720p and 1080i pass-through.
The input list reads like an all-star lineup:
Two Composite inputs
Two S-Video inputs
Two Component Video inputs (YPbPr or RGB/S)
One VGA [...]

Widescreen Gaming & Super Workspace

Monday, February 20th, 2006

One of my friends here at Sewell Direct HQ has the awesome Dell 2405fpw LCD monitor. Everytime I pass by that monitor I envy the amount of workspace it produces for getting things done on the desktop. At Sewell Direct we offer many choices and lengths of cables that would allow you to [...]

A PC to TV tutorial

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006

Cameron and Mark wrote up a good tutorial on connecting your PC to your TV that is worth checking out. They also share information in the tutorial on pumping a TV signal into your PC which is a pretty cool alternative to a traditional DVR.

Mini-itx Platforms

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Mini-itx computers are amazingly small computers.

They can be powerful machines, they dont take up very much space, and they are highly modifiable. http://www.mini-itx.com/ is a great site for seeing all of the crazy things people do with these little devils. If you are looking for ideas of what you can add to your [...]