Dell Studio Hybrid (Installed in vehicle, 12v-24v)

**HiJackZX1** · 08-01-2008, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dan2008

Okay, here is the definitive answer from Dell:

It is a DVI-D port and the documentation is wrong--the adapter does NOT come with the computer. The good news? The adapter only costs $10.99!

Where they really get a piece of you is for the WLAN card--$70 for a wireless-N card.

Still, having a Dell-supported carPC is worth the additional $70 for the WLAN.

More good news--I live in Georgia and we have a sales tax holiday through Sunday, so I may just order one (if my wife'll let me

).

A good indicator is that when a MoBo has a ton of high end multimedia ports, you should always ask if it is a DVI-D port. $10.99 for the convertor? How is that possible? From all the research i have done, a DVI-D can not be converted, only the screen can be converted. Something doesnt sound right. Anyways i'd be interested to see what it is, so if you buy it, keep us posted. If you have kids, just throw them into the equation and your wife should say yes, lol.

**Dan2008** · 08-01-2008, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by HiJackZX1

...If you have kids, just throw them into the equation and your wife should say yes, lol.

Only if I said "Honey, I sold the kid!" lol

I tend to agree with you...it would be difficult to sell a digital-analog converter for $11. I was talking to tech support through the sales rep, so who knows what was lost in the translation. Tech probably said DVI-HDMI and she didn't know the difference between VGA and HDMI.

**HiJackZX1** · 08-01-2008, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by Dan2008

Only if I said "Honey, I sold the kid!" lol

I tend to agree with you...it would be difficult to sell a digital-analog converter for $11. I was talking to tech support through the sales rep, so who knows what was lost in the translation. Tech probably said DVI-HDMI and she didn't know the difference between VGA and HDMI.

Well you could always say, well honey, if we buy this computer for the car, it will keep he/she quiet while in the car.

Even if you have to buy the screen converter for $115.00, I think its still a good buy. The PC is so rich with highend multimedia. If i would have seen this, i may have went with this instead of my KINO-690S1.

**jeff d** · 08-05-2008, 05:30 PM

That's not a DVI-D. At least not in the picture (The picture could be incorrect). Every DVI-D port I've seen lacked the two pins above and below the blades on the right side of the port.

Here's what a DVI-D port looks like:

**Dan2008** · 08-05-2008, 06:08 PM

Good...someone that knows what it should look like.

The Dell docs say that it is a DVI-I (dual link integrated analog & digital) which, according to an article on Wikipedia, looks like the Dell photo.

Having said that I'm still not sure what it really has. It is so new the sales staff knows nothing about it and tech support says it is a DVI-D and does not include a DVI-VGA adapter like the documentation says. The adapter they sell for $10.99 is a DVI-HDMI which wouldn't help.

I think I'll wait a year for them to get the kinks worked out and for the sales staff to get up to speed on what they are selling.

**HiJackZX1** · 08-05-2008, 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by jeff d

That's not a DVI-D. At least not in the picture (The picture could be incorrect). Every DVI-D port I've seen lacked the two pins above and below the blades on the right side of the port.

Here's what a DVI-D port looks like:

Mine looks diffrent then that. I think it all differs from manufatuerer.

**Dan2008** · 08-06-2008, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by HiJackZX1

Mine looks diffrent then that. I think it all differs from manufatuerer.

You probably have a DVI-I. It looks just like the one in the Dell photo but has both digital and analog.

**HiJackZX1** · 08-06-2008, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Dan2008

You probably have a DVI-I. It looks just like the one in the Dell photo but has both digital and analog.

LOL, no its a DVI-D..... I had to buy a special converter to use it with my screens. IEI and Logicsupply told me its DVI-D. The board is built for high end multimedia. I wish it were DVI-I that would have been easier.

**Dan2008** · 08-06-2008, 08:30 AM

That's what gets me...Dell says their's is a DVI-D also but the DDWG standard says different.

It looks like some manufacturers are only using the digital pins but are using a DVI-I connector.