VGA, DVI, DVI-D, and HDMI

[daparnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I've got a laptop that I want to connect to a HD TV.  The laptop has a 
15-pin VGA port and also a firewire port.  The TV has HDMI, RGB, and 
composite video ports.  The composite video ports are being used by a DVD 
player and video game.  I do have an adapter that converts VGA to 
composite video but it looks pretty bad on the large screen.  I have been 
considering ways to hook the VGA on the laptop to the HDMI on the TV.  I 
have found a number of DVI to HDMI cables for sale.  I have not found VGA 
(male) to DVI (female) adapters for sale in stores but I have found them 
online.  I have also seen references to DVI-D (as opposed to DVI-A). 
Although it looks like I can make the VGA connection to HDMI I'm starting 
to wonder if it would work (i.e. trying to push an analog signal into a 
digital input.  I've typically thought of the firewire as an input to the 
PC, not a display output.

Any thoughts if the VGA to HDMI will work?  I'm open to other 
alternatives.  Thanks.


Dave Parnin