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Which DVI-D cable?

Author
9 Mar 2005 10:44 PM
John Richards
Just bought an LCD monitor with a DVI-D connector (also have a DVI-D
connector on my video card).  I know I need a cable with male DVI-D
connectors on both ends and after a little research I assume a dual link
cable would generally be better than a single link cable.  Compusa has a
cable listed on their site for about $80 but  I also found a dual link cable
for only $17 at
http://www.computercablestore.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=616 .  Would
you expect the cheaper cable to be a waste of money, functional but maybe
not as sturdy or just as good as the Compusa cable?

Thanks
John

Author
10 Mar 2005 3:47 AM
Noozer
"John Richards" <jrich***@twcny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:c%KXd.121967$nC5.18120@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> Just bought an LCD monitor with a DVI-D connector (also have a DVI-D
> connector on my video card).  I know I need a cable with male DVI-D
> connectors on both ends and after a little research I assume a dual link
> cable would generally be better than a single link cable.  Compusa has a
> cable listed on their site for about $80 but  I also found a dual link
cable
> for only $17 at

For short runs a cheap cable is just as good as anything... Being digital
the signal will work fine, or won't work at all. You shouldn't need a dual
link DVI-D cable, but at $17, it'll do the job fine.