Hardware HDMI to DVI with Audio?

[Lanlan]

My monitor only has DVI and VGA, so I want an HDMI to DVI converter to hook up my Wii U. Problem is, that takes away audio. Is there anything that'll split the HDMI's audio and video signal so I can plug my Wii U into my Monitor and still have sound?

 

[HaTaX]

There are cheap solutions for about $30 that will give you stereo audio from your HDMI cable, and there are more expensive ones that can give you 6 channel analog out for surround sound. (These are about $150-200). Take a look on Amazon or other sites for HDMI to RCA adapters and I'm sure you'll find quite a few out there.

 

[wuZheng]

Ideally what you're looking for is this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/759574-REG/Aurora_Multimedia_ASP_HTD_HDMI_to_DVI.html

Butttt, look at that price tag... theres no way anybody in their right mind would pay that price for what is sufficed to say extremely simple hardware...

I've been looking for this myself, but does anybody know where one would find something like the above, but like you know... infinitely cheaper?

 

[HaTaX]

$500 is a ripoff for what you're looking for, hell my Atlona HD-570 was only $180 and it supports decoding 6 channel PCM to analog outputs. Here's some more reasonably priced alternatives:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10110&cs_id=1011002&p_id=7112&seq=1&format=2

http://www.amazon.com/ViewHD-Analog...=1353876676&sr=8-2&keywords=HDMI+analog+audio

And the one that I went with (Because it can handle 6 channel PCM out to analog):
https://www.neworldit.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=30810032801

 

[KongsNutz]

Can you not plug in the standard RCA into the Wii U along with the HDMI and use one for audio and one for sound, PS3 can do this.

 

[the_randomizer]

Can you not plug in the standard RCA into the Wii U along with the HDMI and use one for audio and one for sound, PS3 can do this.

Not that I know of.

 

[crono141]

Haven't tried personally, but I'd try that first.

 

[Lanlan]

Yeah I found out you can't use the RCA cables with HDMI, so i'm either getting a new monitor or that $30 converter box thing. But that'll have to wait a few weeks :/

 

[Nollog]

My monitor only has DVI and VGA, so I want an HDMI to DVI converter to hook up my Wii U. Problem is, that takes away audio. Is there anything that'll split the HDMI's audio and video signal so I can plug my Wii U into my Monitor and still have sound?

It's digital sound, so there's the issue. It'll cost a lot for a converter as two posters have linked above.

You could use a Wii component cable to get both hd and stereo sound, and one of these: http://www.optimization-world.com/img/prod/dvi_male_to_component_female.jpg

(The audio would connect to something else, like your speakers or if your monitor has a 3.5mm jack you could use a splitter to join the left and right plugs into the one.
http://www.bsrsoft.com/help/photos/3.5mm splitter.jpg
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