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Can I switch from VGA to DVI in my office without re-wiring?

post #1 of 2
9/11/09 at 5:48am
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I currently have a Gateway Desktop GT5644E connected to a Viewsonic 22" Monitor (VX2235WM) through VGA cable.

When the home was built about 2 years ago, I had an AV installer run the line under the floor in my office to extend the VGA port into the middle of the room so I can connect my monitor without wires running all over the floor.  There is a wall plate near my PC on one side of the room behind my cabinet and then a wallplate on the floor in the middle of my office both with VGA connections.  My desk sits right over this wallplate so you don't see any of the cables.

Now I would like go with DVI solution instead of VGA.  Any idea on my least expensive options to accomplish this? 

Please let me know.  Thank you.

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post #2 of 2
9/11/09 at 10:10am
Obviously, electrically, they are NOT compatible wires.

How was the wiring run?  Is there any space in the channel/conduit that the existing wire is in?  If you can pull an HDMI connector through, you can adapt (at both ends) DVI<->HDMI; they're electrically identical on the video side.  

Alternatively, you can find some DVI<-> Cat-6 or Fiber modems, but then you're starting to talk real money.  (Look under "cat-6 extenders" sort of thing.)

Leo
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