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Old January 24, 2010, 04:18 AM
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Recently purchased an Asus VW246H monitor and i want to check out hdmi, can someone let me know what kind of cable i should be getting, I have seen some HDMI to DVI-D cables for around $12 but I am unsure if that's the right cable.

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Old January 24, 2010, 06:46 AM
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why not just a DVI to DVI cable?
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Old January 24, 2010, 07:52 AM
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That will work. Personally I would buy a DVI-HDMI adapter for the video card and then use an HDMI cable because you can use that HDMI cable else where as well because it has more uses.
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Old January 24, 2010, 08:02 AM
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You won't actually see a difference going from DVI to HDMI then just DVI to DVI.. unless your monitor is HDMI only? I haven't seen one of those however.

as bojangles said, probably best to use an adapter - especially if you need to lengthen the cable in the future.
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Old January 24, 2010, 08:15 AM
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Yes that will work as i am using one myself to go from my pc to my tv.
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