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High Performance Connection Between HDMI and DVI Components/Cables Makes Hookup Easy! HDMI, the hottest new high-definition digital audio/video standard, is compatible with the industry's other leading digital video connection, DVI. So, if you've got DVI components in your system and buy a new HDMI-capable component, compatibility is guaranteed. All you need is the right adapter Monster makes it easy to enjoy the ultra-high definition video HDMI delivers with Monster's HDMI to DVI adapter Two different adapters let you connect new HDMI-capable sources to existing DVI-capable displays and cables, or new HDMI-capable displays to DVI-capable sources. With an advantage design and construction that include corrosion-resistant 24k gold contacts and silver-coated copper conductors for improved conductivity, the fastest and easiest way to "adapt" your HDMI and DVI cable and equipment is with Monster's HDMI to DVI adapter
DVI, or Digital Video Interface Technology came about in 1999 as a result of the formation of the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG) a year prior. Their original mission was to create a standard digital video interface for communication between a Personal Computer and a VGA monitor. Recently, however, the consumer electronics industry began implementing DVD players, set-top boxes, televisions, and LCD/plasma monitors with DVI technology.
HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It represents a digital alternative to consumer analog standards such as Radio Frequency (RF) coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, and VGA. HDMI connects digital audio/video sources such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, personal computers (PCs), video game consoles, and AV receivers to compatible digital audio devices, computer monitors, and digital televisions. HDMI supports, on a single cable, any TV or PC video format, including standard, enhanced, and high-definition video, up to 8 channels of digital audio, and the Consumer Electronics Control signal. It is independent of the various digital television standards such as ATSC and DVB as these are encapsulations of compressed MPEG video streams (which can be decoded and output as an uncompressed video stream on HDMI). A Digital Visual Interface (DVI) signal is electrically compatible with an HDMI video signal; no signal conversion needs to take place when an adapter is used, and consequently no loss in video quality occurs.
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