i just bought a flat panel tv that is DVI-I.  my house is hardwired
with VGA cables.  the comcast box is DVI-D.  i was able to connect the
DVI-I aspect to the VGA, but cannot find a dongle to connect the VGA
to the DVI-D terminal.  help!

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Clarification of Question by rebbos-ga on 12 Feb 2005 17:41 PST

hi- to clarify: i am under the impression that i must connect my HD
cable box from comcast with a DVI-D connection.  Yet, my house is
hardwired with VGA cables.  so, do u know of a VGA to DVI-D connector
or is there another way to connect the VGA to the cable box?  maybe a
vga to s-cable?? or the USB port?

Purchase.
http://www.cablestogo.com/product_list.asp?cat%5Fid=2801&sortType=length&sortDir=ASC&engine=adwords!654&keyword=%28dvi+vga%29

http://www2.dvigear.com/vgaread.html

Make your own.
http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/pinouts/pinoutsfordvi-d.html
http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/pinouts/pinoutsforvga.html

Hi rebbos-ga,

  DVI-I has both analog(VGA) and digital, that is why there is a dongle for
connecting VGA->DVI-I and vice versa. But if you want to convert a DVI-D to
VGA (or otherwise), you cannot do with a simple dongle alone. VGA is analog,
DVI-D is digital and are not compatible. You could use a transcoder to do this,
but is not as cheap as a dongle.  There is also the issue of HDCP compliance
for encrypted DVI-D streams.

Hope this helps.
Regards
ldavinci-ga

not sure how to reply to you personally, so thanks for the reply.  i
think i am just going to get a electrician to rewire my house so i can
get rid of the vga wire!  thanks!