Wierd DVI Connection

[jprosise]

This is somewhat of a technical question and I am not a technical
person so please excuse my non technical discription of my problem.

I was an early adopter for HDTV. Have had my monitor for 3 years.
(Mitsubishi 65" rear projection) My former service was DirecTV and I
bought a first generation RCA set top box. I connected it to the
monitor with what looked like a DVI connection on the STB and it had
5 standard (component looking except for 5 plug ins) leads that
connected to the television.

When I recently switched to Voom, the STB had to be connected to the
monitor using standard component cables because my old DVI did not
fit and the one that came standard with the STB was did not have the
weird leads that go to the television.

Does anyone know if a DVI cable exists that would work with this
type of set up?

 

[K R Kimmel]

If I recall correctly the 1st generation RCA DirecTV-HDTV receivers used a proprietary connector. If you wanted to connect it to a non-RCA HD-Ready set you had to use a break out cable that split into 5 standard connectors Y/P-R/P-B/Left audio/Right audio. The connector may have looked like a DVI connector but it wasn't.

If your TV is not equipped with DVI or HDMI connector (I suspect it does not) there is no point in trying to find a cable to connect it to the DVI port on your new receiver.

 

[idodishez]

If I recall correctly the 1st generation RCA DirecTV-HDTV receivers used a proprietary connector. If you wanted to connect it to a non-RCA HD-Ready set you had to use a break out cable that split into 5 standard connectors Y/P-R/P-B/Left audio/Right audio. The connector may have looked like a DVI connector but it wasn't.
.

Wasnt it a VGA connector? Same as pc monitors use?

 

[K R Kimmel]

Wasnt it a VGA connector? Same as pc monitors use?

Could be. I never owned the unit in question. I'm operating from 3-4 year old memories from when I worked in a store that sold the unit.