Product Description

If You Want the Best HDTV PictureYou Need A Digital Video Connection Whether you’re watching the ball game or an action-packed movie in high definition, without question, the picture quality is stunning. It could be better, though. For high definition all-digital video to look its best, the data must be transferred from your set top box or DVD player to your HD display in pure digital form. Unfortunately, this can’t occur with analog video cable. Even high resolution component video is still an analog connection! In order for component video, or any other analog cable to do its job, your HDTV tuner, DVD player or other digital source must convert video data from the digital domain to analog, then back to digital. This conversion process can cause high frequency attenuation, and loss of resolution and detail. Introducing Monster DVI 400: The Highest Quality All-Digital Video Interface Monster DVI400 is a pure digital high bandwidth video interface. What you see on your screen is exactly what was digitally transmitted. DVI400 is designed to support the high bandwidth demands from your set top box to the HDTV display. DVI400 supports up to 24-bit digital RGB data behind each pixel for the highest quality image. You’ll enjoy a razor sharp picture with incredible detail and vibrant, natural colors, even if you’re forced to use long cable runs. Get Monster DVI 400 for HDTV and See What You’ve Been Missing. You paid a lot extra to enjoy the benefits of digital source material (DVD/HDTV) and a digital display device (Plasma/High Def.). Why limit the performance of these cutting edge technologies by connecting them with less than the highest quality digital interface? Monster DVI400 helps you get all the performance you paid for!

Product Details

• Size: 2 Meters
• Brand: Monster
• Model: DVI400-2M
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.50" h x 7.50" w x 11.00" l, .83 pounds

Features

• Transmits full-bandwidth, uncompressed digital signal from a source to HD display.
• Gas-injected dielectric for maximum signal strength and ultra-low loss, even over long runs.
• High-density, triple-layer shielding for maximum rejection of RFI and EMI.
• Ideal for all DVI connections including HDTV, set-top boxes, DVD players, and AV receivers.
• DVI-D Single Link Cable.

Amazon.com Product Description
This two meter long cable (6.56 feet) is perfect for your digital conection needs. In orrder for high definition all-digital video to look its best, the data must be transferred from your set top box or DVD player to your HD display in pure digital form. Most video cables are analog and won't do the job. The Monster DVI400 is an all-digital, high bandwidth video interface. The concept is to see on your screen exactly what was digitally transmitted. The DVI400 supports up to 24-bit digital RGB data behind each pixel for the highest quality image.

What's in the Box
DVI1400 Video cable and a lifetime warranty.

Customer Reviews

Diminishing returns?
I bought this MonsterCable DVI cable to connect my DVD player to my new HD TV. I was certainly impressed with the image quality and the sturdiness of the cable, though honestly I found the connector pins a bit finicky.
Soon my HD system grew and I needed a way to better utilize the Sony TV's single DVI input, so I bought a very nice Geffen 4 port remote controlled DVI switch. It came packaged with 4 rather generic 6' DVI cables, which I used to connect the components to the switch, saving the MonsterCable for the switch's output to the TV.
The result was great in all cases. That's when the scientist in me took over. I started swapping cables like mad, and asking any poor soul who happened to be around to identify the best picture. The result? No one, myself included, could discern the least little difference in image quality from cable to cable.
Being that the generic DVI cable is one fourth (!) the price of the brand name, obvious questions about diminishing returns are raised.

Great DVI Cable
In response to previous reviewers comments stating "Does it really matter?", since I am an electrial engineer, here is my situation:

I have an older ThinkPad laptop that IBM says only supports up to 1280x1024 DVI output because higher resolutions have bad digital video noise due to a weak TDMS transmitter. Thus, after doing my research, I realized I needed the lowest loss, shortest DVI cable I could find in order to drive my new Dell 24" 1920x1200 flat panel.

This cable performed better than I ever thought it could. I was able to drive my 24" monitor without any digital noise, when IBM and other users had stated it was impossible. I didn't even need to used the reduce DVI bandwidth options.

In short, for most users, this cable is a complete waste of money. In fact, the claim on the box that a bad DVI cable can cause dull colors and a blurred image is a flat out lie. However, if you need a high quality cable for a special situation like this, go with the 1 meter long DVI400!

Quality Cable
I ordered the 4 meter cable which was pictured with 24 pin connectors and received one with 18 pins. Found out that the missing middle 6 pins are used to transmit audio which my monitor doesn't support anyway. Originally, the DVI-D specification allowed for both a video signal and an audio signal, but most manufacturer's have only used the video portion. If you need a DVI-D cable, an 18 pin connector will most likely work since most devices won't process the audio signal anyway. There are a few (very few) devices that do use all 24 pins, but with the advent of HDMI, nobody really makes them anymore.