About This Guide

Welcome to High Definition Graphics to Video Output (HD GVO) for the SGI Onyx2 and Onyx 3000 systems!

This guide shows you how to set up your Onyx2 or Onyx 3000 system for High Definition or Standard Definition serial video output by connecting your TMDS Video Output (TVO) board to the SGI Video Breakout Box (VBOB).

This guide includes the following chapters:

This guide also explains how to:

The following documents provide additional information about Onyx2 and Onyx 3000 systems:

You can access the above documents in the SGI Technical Publications Library, at the following URL:

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  • Software menu selections and buttons are in bold.

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