I have an HD DTV box and Sony DVD connected to a 970 using DVI 1 and 2. The 970 DVI out goes straight to a Sony HD TV. My question is, what is the up conversion from the DVI out when using a DVI>HDMI or a COMPONENT>COMPONENT from the DVI out to monitor. 720p, 1080i, 1080p? I looked at the manual and I know it’s in there but for some reason I can not find it.

From DVI to HDMI or HDMI to DVI, no video conversion is necessary. The video portion of HDMI can carry the same digital video standards as DVI, so the user does not gain or lose any visual information by using a mix of DVI and HDMI connections. If 720p is how your one of your sources outputs its video, that is what is going to arrive at your HDTV monitor via DVI/HDMI – the same for 1080i or 1080p. What your monitor does with the signal is another matter as it needs to change whatever you send it to match its native display capability.

The component outputs/inputs are an analog version of the digital signal, with the potential limitation of 480p, but most distributors are not ‘turning on the limit switch’. The Outlaw does not convert component to DVI/ HDMI or visa versa, but merely passes the component on to your monitor. It is then up to the HDTV to ‘capture’ the incoming analog signals and interpret them properly for the native resolution of the monitor.

Sweeet, So I guess you have to defer to the tv manual for specs on its A to D conversions. Thank for the help.