Monster Cable M1000DV HDMI to DVI Cable, 2 Meters (123165)

by Monster

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006I5I7G
• Item model number: 123165
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 5, 2004

Product Description

Product Description

M-Series High-Bandwidth, Low-Loss M1000DV HDMI to DVI Cable Connects High-End HDMI and DVI Digital Video Components for Superior High-Definition Picture

You Don’t Always Have to Choose Between HDMI and DVI
HDMI gives serious home theater lovers a lot to be excited about: the format ushers in a whole new age of AV system simplicity, user-friendliness and extraordinary high definition sound and picture. And it’s backwards-compatible with DVI-capable components. So if you already own high-end DVI-capable devices and want to integrate newer HDMI equipment into your system, or vice versa, you can do it quickly and easily with the superior-quality construction and advanced technology of Monster M1000DV HDMI to DVI.

Now You Can Have the Best of Both Worlds
With M1000DV HDMI to DVI, you can buy or connect HDMI or DVI-capable gear without having to worry about immediate equipment upgrades or compatibility issues. Plus, you can "future-ready" your home by installing in-wall HDMI cable without having to worry about expensive and time-consuming rewires in the future. Whenever or however you’re making the leap into the exciting world of high definition video, Monster M1000DV lets you do it on your time, on your terms.

Advanced Design and Technology Give You Absolutely Brilliant Picture
Silver-coated conductors and 24k gold contacts provide optimum signal transfer, while four layer shielding rejects interference to deliver maximum picture clarity and detail. M1000DV gives you video that’s literally every bit as pristine and precise as what your high-end, high definition components are capable of delivering.

The New Standard for Ultimate High-Definition Video
To get ultimate digital video color and picture, get the most advanced, most reliable connection between HDMI and DVI: Monster M1000DV HDMI to DVI Cable.

Product Description

2m M1000DV HDMI to DVI Reference Digital Video Interface. For HDMI to DVI digital video connections between high end DVD players, set top boxes, AV receivers and HDTVs. Ultra high density, quad layer shielding for best possible rejection of RFI and E

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't be duped into paying too much!, August 17, 2005

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TechFreak (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Cable M1000DV HDMI to DVI Cable, 2 Meters (123165) (Electronics)

There is no need to buy such an overpriced cable. They are making a fortune off of marketing and making you think you need such a cable. Just get a generic that costs 1/8th the price. You won't notice a difference.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cable Review, November 13, 2007

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Downhill "Billy" (Cincinnati, Ohio) - See all my reviews

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Probably "overkill." (They first shipped wrong cable but corrected immediately!)
Great service & cable.

19 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Decide, August 20, 2006

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Mark Twain (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monster Cable M1000DV HDMI to DVI Cable, 2 Meters (123165) (Electronics)

I wrote this review simply to correct the individual who wrote "Digital cables either transmit the bits or not." Uh... not quite ... it might surprise you, but there is science behind this stuff. That is why certain cable companies - not just Monster, mind you - charge more than $20 for a cable. If interested, read on.

"Digital" refers to an encoding technique where a signals are composed of a stream of high and low logic levels (0 = low and 1 = high). People who haven't studied microprocessors like to stop there and say "heck, any cable can transmit 0's and 1's! Why should I pay more?" What they don't understand, however, is what constitues a 0 or a 1 or how these signals are interpreted by a modern microprocessor.

Without going too heavy into this ... most people have heard of logic "gates" (transistors) - extremely large clusters of transistor form the backbone of CPUs, etc. Just as it takes energy for you to open a door, these "gates" are "opened" and "closed" by energy, and it comes in the form of voltage. Bare with me...

"Noise" is impossible to completely eliminate in any circuit. As a result, logic high (the digital "1") has a certain threshold that must be met in order to "open" the logic gate - this prevents noise from corrupting the signal and injecting false positives. What does this mean?

Well, it means that a certain level of voltage must be present for a microprocessor to detect that there has been a transition from logic low (approx. 0 volts) to logic high (above the threshold voltage). -----MAJOR----- This is where the non-initiated are mistaken!! Digital is NOT simply a finite 0 or a finite 1, at least not during tranmission. There are transients (i.e. time where the voltage increases and falls) during transmission.

A good cable will A) shield the main conducting wire from more noise and B) have less impedence which will, in turn, make the transients more true - 0's and 1's on the source side will correlate better to the 0's and 1's on the receiving side. This will maintain the fidelity of your signal and allow your digital stream of 0's and 1's to sound and look nice.

Over short lenghts, you'll have to decide if there is a difference. For long lenghts, you might be surprised. HDMI traditionally tops out at 5m. Anyhow, as the title says, You Decide.