DISH 622 - a way to go from HDMI out to RGB?

[alipka]

I have just acquired a 622. Previously, I had a 921, and I ran component out to a plasma for HD that way.

I also have a CRT projector in my home theater, and I want to run a feed to that projector. With the 921, I used a DVI-to-RGB adapter from my computer monitor, and it worked fine out of the DVI port from the 921. This was DVI-I.

Now, there is no DVI port on the 622. I purchased a HDMI to DVI adapter, but this is DVI-D, so it doesn't fit (there are four pins surrounding the horizontal bar on the DVI-to-RGB adapter, and no holes for them on the HDMI-DVI adapter).

So, does anyone know: 1) Where can I get an HDMI-to-DVI-I adapter, which I can then run to RGB through my DVI-to-RGB adapter, and 2) Will this work? (an alternative would be a DVI-D to RGB adapter, but I suspect that this would either not work or is not available).

The bottom line is I want a feed to the CRT projector so I can still watch HD, and the component output is spoken for.

Thanks.

 

[diat150]

why dont you get a component switch? I picked up one for pretty cheap at circuit city.

 

[mammothskier]

RGB input takes analog signal. DVI-I (which has DVI-D and DVI-A together) has the same analog signal over DVI-A pins so a simple adapter works. HDMI only has digital signal, therefore only HDMI to DVI-D adapters are available for a reasonable price. To convert HDMI to DVI-A a DAC is needed. This is possible, but a component switch would be much better solution.

 

[Foxbat]

The ViP622 has the component out (Y-Pr-Pb) which could be transcoded to produce RGB. That may be your best bet. See http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/kd-ctca2.htm for one such animal.

 

[mammothskier]

The ViP622 has the component out (Y-Pr-Pb) which could be transcoded to produce RGB. That may be your best bet. See http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/kd-ctca2.htm for one such animal.

It costs $325!!!!!

 

[docpadds]

My TV (Barco Retrovision 801S) only takes RGBHV so I had to use a transcoder to go from Component to RGB. With a lot of research on www.avsforum.com and other places, I came to:

http://www.crescendo-systems.com/rev_transcoder.html

This is an excellent little device and when you see what it can do on screen its amazing. They are custom made, so you need to wait a little while for any one you order, but they are known as some of the best if RGB is your only option.