yea, I finally found a valuable source that told me my tv's correct dvi output model. it is infact dvi-d, so It looks like I'm going to have to get a dvi-d male to dvi-i female adapter so I can use my laptop on my tv.

I believe that dvi-d is digital only, so there are no dvi-d to vga cables (without having a fancy converter and costing me bunches of money)

I looked up dvi-d male to dvi-i female and they have them for about 15 bucks, so I figured I'd buy one and let er rip!

Thanks for all the help,

Justin Fox