Good DVI cable?

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Master_Pain

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I need a good DVI cable for new 22" WS Acer monitor that I am purchasing tomorrow. I looked on newegg, but am not sure what I should get. Please help, you're my only hope.
 
As many have said before, DVI cable doesn't matter since the signal is either on or off, and its digital unlike analog cables (VGA), so go with whatever fits your budget for size..

Check www.monoprice.com a lot of people shop from there for cables @ great prices.
 
Weenis said:
As many have said before, DVI cable doesn't matter since the signal is either on or off, and its digital unlike analog cables (VGA), so go with whatever fits your budget for size..

Check www.monoprice.com a lot of people shop from there for cables @ great prices.
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Agreed.

Digital: _-_-_-_-_-_-
Analog: ~~~~~~~~

Digital cable quality doesn't really matter unless the voltage carried is very high amperage and needs less resistance.
 
What they are trying to say is a cheaper cable works just as good as an expensive one because it is a digital signal. It is like a digital dish: it works or it does not work. There is no bad looking picture with digital. The days of having a massive round cable to receive a quality picture is over.
 
Rembrandt said:
What they are trying to say is a cheaper cable works just as good as an expensive one because it is a digital signal. It is like a digital dish: it works or it does not work. There is no bad looking picture with digital. The days of having a massive round cable to receive a quality picture is over.
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So this Monster PLATINUM with copper/platinum/gold/silver alloy connector HDMI cable is absolutely a waste of money? What a bummer :(
 
well, I was talking to my buddy at Best Buy, and he said that the shorter cable was cheaper($20), and not quite as good as the longer cable($80), because it had more pins. Thusly giving it a bigger picture, but it seemed kinda strange to me... Also, with my new monitor, it will support HDCP, so should I get I get a different cable than DVI? Or does it even matter? I am running a Radeon x1950 pro.

I'm not quite sure what the difference between HDCP and HDMI is, so if you boys could enlighten me, that would be great.
 
HDCP is a High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection.
HDMI is High Definition Multimedia Interface.

Get a DVI cable from monoprice.com.
HDMI is pretty much DVI with uncompressed sound.
 
so, just get a DVI cable and the rest doesn't matter? Or do I have to get a different cable to use HDMI or HDCP?
 
Your buddy has no real knowledge of this subject and is just telling you what he was told was true. You never ever need to use an $80 cable for a DVI cable.

Here is a more complete explanation of the 3 items that confuse people.

DVI (Digital Visual Interface): The connector that attaches a digital signal from a video card to a monitor.

HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection): The technology that allows HD/Blu-ray to utilize their protection system. That is all it is used for and a must have for those that plan to use those technologies over the monitor.

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface): The new connector that will replace the DVI connector just as DVI replaced the VGA connector. It will allow digital video and audio uncompressed signals to be sent over the same cable. DVI already sends an uncompressed video signal. It is the audio signal that is the introduction with this connector.

Here is a complete definition and purpose of the three at Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDMI

It is very hard for a retailer to change the way they do business especially when the need to add on a high profit cable is no longer justified. So they just keep suggesting cables that are really not needed but give the customer (ignorant of the product) a peace of mind that they will have the best quality picture with the expensive cable. Giving their customer the peace of mind of quality is the retailers way of copping out and selling something that is totally useless so they can receive a much larger profit margin in this case. The average salesman is not going to know that the company is giving them BS information and sell the cables with confidence because they trust the companies training.
 
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