Technical Video Output Question. Specific. (1 Viewer)

[Kyle Tippett]

Ok, here is the problem i face:

If i am to buy a upconverting player (through dvi) and dun a dvi cable to projector, are the composite outputs also active at the same time so as to say i could run composite video cables to a tv for monitoring/cueing purposes?

Does each output interface switch off when another becomes active?

 

[Allan Jayne]

Normally no. But you may be lucky and the projector may autoselect for you.

Normally the projector DVI input would be something like Video 1 and the composite input would be something like Video 2 and you select manually using the remote.

Also the DVD player might require a manual selection for composite output (or interlaced output with just composite, S-video, and interlaced analog Y/Pb/Pr active) vs. DVI output (or progressive output with just progressive analog Y/Pb/Pr and DVI active).

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