I purchased a Monster DVI400 2m cable. It's a single-link DVI-D cable, and I want to use it on a 24" 1920x1200 monitor. I'm a bit confused because on the package it says it supports 720p and 1080i but doesn't mention 1080p. Is there some reason for this?
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DVI-D question
- Thread starter pNin01
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Probably because monster wants you to buy a more expensive cable. However any single link DVI cable is fine for 1920x1200. I'm using one right now for just such a purpose. DVI-D spec is very simple: Each link is limited to 165MHz. That's enough to do 1920x1200 @ 60Hz @ 8-bit (16.7 million) per channel colour. You only need a dual link if you wish to go to a higher resolution (dual link is good up to 2560 × 1600 @ 60 Hz) or if you have a monitor that supports more than 8-bits per channel colour (in which case the other link carries the additional colour data).
Also please note: For short distances, like under 3 metres DVI cable quality doesn't matter at all. Buying an expensive cable gets you nothing but a lighter wallet. If you are using a longer run, don't buy a monster cable, buy form somewhere like Bluejeans Cable or Datapro. They'll sell you a high quality long cable for a reasonable price.
However for short distances, just use whatever DVI cable you get cheap and it should work just fine.
Also please note: For short distances, like under 3 metres DVI cable quality doesn't matter at all. Buying an expensive cable gets you nothing but a lighter wallet. If you are using a longer run, don't buy a monster cable, buy form somewhere like Bluejeans Cable or Datapro. They'll sell you a high quality long cable for a reasonable price.
However for short distances, just use whatever DVI cable you get cheap and it should work just fine.
No, deffinitely not!! You are thinking of some 30" screens that can only go up to 1280x800 when using a normal (single link) DVI but that is simply because the monitors have rubbish scaling electronics.Kherozene said:i thought single link dvi cables only work up to 1280 x 800