G4 Silver DVI to HDMI plasma

Any tips on how to connect my G4 silver to my new Plasma with HDMI input? I bought a cable DVI to HDMI from Frys but can't see anything!!!
Thanks,
babak

Hi, Babak...
I used an HMDI (Female) to DVI (Male) adapter and then plugged in a single HDMI cord from the adapter to the television. From what I hear, that is a much better option than going the cord route. I would honestly just buy a simple adapter (I got mine for $12 at Fry's in Campbell) and then just use an HDMI cord to finish the job.
Make sure your input is on whatever HDMI port you're using. In other words, if the cord is plugged into HDMI 1, then, obviously, tune your input over to HDMI 1 and so on and so forth...
In any case, that's the solution that worked for me.
Remember that audio is something else you need to get covered if you want sound. You would have to go from your Mac to a pair of speakers (eg. audio ports in the back of your TV; pair of external speakers; amplifier, etc.).
I am using a Mac Quicksilver G4 with an ATI Radeon 9000 Pro graphics card and it's now linked to a Toshiba 42" Regza LCD HDTV. Works great.
What graphics card are you using?

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