Googling turned up the following message board with some info on
DVI-HDTV.
http://pub1.ezboard.com/fdigitaltelevisionhdtvforumdigitaltelevisionhdtvtechnicalforum.showMessage?topicID=150.topic
On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Mike Hicks wrote:
> I hope I'm not the only person who gets confused by the various flavors
> of DVI input/output connections out there. I've come across a Sony TV
> that has "DVI-HDTV" inputs, but I have no idea what that means, other
> than you can presumably connect a Sony HDTV receiver into that port..
>
> I would like to know if this port is just another marketing term for one
> of the standard DVI interfaces, or if it's something different. Also,
> does anyone know if it is possible to hook a VGA card to this interface
> and get an image, or do you need a DVI card? Can you even hook a
> standard DVI card to this input?
>
> My understanding of DVI so far is that DVI-I is a fairly universal
> connection, allowing you to connect an analog VGA device to a DVI port
> and have something display. DVI-D only allows a digital-digital
> communication, as far as I am aware.
>
> There's also the dual-link DVI flavor, which allows twice as much
> bandwidth to pass over the cable (it has more pins/wires to transmit the
> data). This is for people who want non-interlaced video at resolutions
> higher than 1280x1024.
>
> Anyway, I'd apprecate it if anyone could tell me where DVI-HDTV fits
> into this picture, or if I'm totally wrong on the basic DVI definitions.
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