DVI to HDMI Cable 6ft Male-Male

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002CZHN6
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• Item model number: CAB-DVI2HDMI-06MM
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (174 customer reviews)
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Product Description

From the Manufacturer

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a specification that combines video and audio into a single digital interface for use with digital versatile disc (DVD) players, digital television (DTV) players, set-top boxes, and other audiovisual devices.

Product Description

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is a specification that combines video and audio into a single digital interface for use with digital versatile disc (DVD) players, digital television (DTV) players, set-top boxes, and other audiovisual devices.

Customer Reviews

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125 of 128 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works just as good as the expensive cables because it's digital., September 18, 2009

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Adam J. White "Palehorse" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVI to HDMI Cable 6ft Male-Male (Electronics)

You don't need to plunk down 80 or 90 dollars for one of those expensive cables with the fearsome name and equally fearsome price. DVI and HDMI are digital standards with error correction. What does that mean?

In the analog days(Composite, Svideo, etc), other signals could creep in and cause noise or quality loss in the picture. Better shielded (and sometimes more pricey) cables prevented this noise from creeping in to eliminate this noise. However, with HDTV's and digital signals that move over cables like HDMI and DVI, even the cheapest cable can work as well as the expensive brand.

Digital signals are composed of 1's and 0's, or more simply, an on signal or an off signal. Millions of these 1's and 0's can be sent per second and form your image. Since the signal is either on or off, it is easy to figure out at the other end what the data for the image is, and the receiver at the other end (your television or monitor) reconstructs this signal into a pixel perfect image of what was sent.

Because of this method of using 1's and 0's these lines are not as susceptible to noise, and thanks to error correction that is built in, any noise that does creep in is corrected. Even if noise did somehow creep in, it wouldn't affect the image at the other end.

Digital only fails in levels of high noise, where the error correcting code can't compensate, and when it fails, it fails completely. What does this mean? It means that if you have a picture on your screen and it is working, you have a pretty much perfect image. If there is too much noise, you'll notice that it doesn't work at all or very noticeable blocks appear, and the image jerks and stops before it quits working. This gives you peace of mind about your signal, because if you are seeing it and it's working, you know you have the best quality image signal available. This is why when viewing over the air signals in digital format with the new digital transition, there is no more snow in the image, every channel that you can get is clearer than analog cable TV.

The only time the image should get enough noise to fail is not with cables, but with over the air transmissions from broadcast air stations. When transmitting such short distances over a cable in your home, this cheap cable is as good as the most expensive and most fearsomely named brand cable. I am currently using this cable for my monitor and I can see perfect detail down to the tiniest pixel (The individual dots that make up the image).

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice cable for the price, June 8, 2009

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techguy "Joe" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: DVI to HDMI Cable 6ft Male-Male (Electronics)

Works great and the price is fantastic. I use this to hook an Apple laptop with DVI-out up to my HDTV and picture looks great. No issues.

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value! No need to waste money on a Monster, March 16, 2005

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John Treble (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVI to HDMI Cable 6ft Male-Male (Electronics)

I got my new HDMI-to-DVI cable and immediately connected it between my Toshiba up-converting DVD player and a Samsung 56" DLP TV. The picture is wonderful.
I don't see any point in spending more for a Monster cable when this one is available for a lower cost.
I have more than 20 years of experience as an electronics designer and manufactuing engineer. This cable would easily meet my quality standards.