Hi everyone,

First and foremost thank you for these great forums! I have a small issue that is rather confusing to me and would appreciate any feedback. Four years ago I bought a Sony rear-projection television (KP-57WS510) with a HDTV-DVI input. I know that the DVI input is HDCP compliant, and it appears to be DVI-D; however, it's DUAL LINK. Until now I have been using an old DVD player with the television so I did not bother to buy any expensive cables, but recently I decided to upgrade to the Philips DVP5982 1080p up-converting dvd player and I have hit a hitch.

Here is where I get a little confused; the output on the Philips DVD player is HDMI, and the Sony TV has a DVI-D Dual Link input. What cable do I buy to make the DVD player work? I know it sounds quite silly, but I'm new to all of this and it's a little over my head. I have visited monoprice.com but I was unable to find a 15 or 20 foot HDMI Male to DVI-D (Dual Link) Male cable. I was wondering is it acceptable to use a DVI-D SINGLE LINK cable in a DVI-D DUAL LINK input?? If not does anyone know where I can find a 15 or 20ft HDMI Male to DVI-D (Dual Link) Male cable for an acceptable price? Or I might be missing something altogether completely... if that is the case please feel free to correct my judgment-I would be more than grateful!

Thank you all for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any help that you provide me with!

Ivan

HDMI is single link so you won't find a HDMI > DVI Dual cable period.

The regular HDMI > DVI should work just fine.

thank you! But are you sure that the television will be able to pick up the signal? I just do not want to pay for something and not have it work. I appreciate your help though!

It'll work. Most HT resolutions are within DVI's single-link bandwidth limits. You might be limited in terms of resolution by what the DVI input will accept, and I think that DVI has never adopted deep color and whatnot, but it should work with conventional color depth and colorspace, and conventional resolutions, just fine.

Kurt
Blue Jeans Cable

It'll work. Most HT resolutions are within DVI's single-link bandwidth limits. You might be limited in terms of resolution by what the DVI input will accept, and I think that DVI has never adopted deep color and whatnot, but it should work with conventional color depth and colorspace, and conventional resolutions, just fine.

Kurt
Blue Jeans Cable

thank you! I bought a hdmi/dvi single link cable and I will post back about the results! I appreciate your help.