Description of HDMI Male to DVI-D Single Link Male CABLE
This cable connects DVI devices to HDMI devices such as DVD, satellite boxes, LCD, projectors, plasma and HDTVs. HDMI provides an interface between any HDMI-enabled source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, and A/V receiver, video monitor, and projector for Video only.
While using this cable DVI will not pass the HDMI audio signal, only the video. So you'll need to make a separate audio connection to get sound. this cable will pass an HDCP signal because it is required by HDMI. While most consumer electronics devices with DVI connectors will be HDCP compliant, not all computer devices are. So make sure that any computer devices you connect with this cable is HDCP compliant. This pertains to projectors, computer monitors and computer graphics cards.
Q1: Why this cable can not be dual link?
While both HDMI and DVI are able to support extended bandwidth signals, they do it in two totally different ways. HDMI increases bandwidth on the exisiting conduits while DVI takes a double pipe approach referred as dual link. In other words DVI breaks the signal down into two separate sets of signals by adding 6 extra pins. HDMI has 19 pin and DVI single link has the same number of corresponding pins. There are no extra pins in HDMI to accomodate the extra pins in DVI dual link.
Q2:What is the difference between DVI-A, DVI-D, DVI-I?
