DVI cable, not all pins

Ronaldo · 13 Nov 2006 at 20:25

Hi guys i bought a DVI cable off auction site and works well (in black, matches monitor) but it does not have all the pins. I noticed its a DVI-D there is also DVI-I, wats the difference and if mine as less pins does that mean its not fully using the cable? e.g like the scart cable not using RGB lol

cheers

Jotun · 13 Nov 2006 at 21:19

DVI-D = digital only
DVI-A = analog only
DVI-I = digital & analog

DVI-D and DVI-I both have single and dual modes - the dual links use twice the number of pins, they are a Y shaped cable to go to 2 monitors.

Ronaldo · 13 Nov 2006 at 22:04

ok found a site with info
http://www.shokaifareast.com/Products/Cable Assemblies/dvi_cables.htm

now my cable is single link, if i got a dual link would i get better picture? my monitor is a standard DVI doesnt say dual link or anything.

Jotun · 13 Nov 2006 at 23:07

The dual link is for hooking up 2 monitors to one video output, so no, although very large monitors I believe have dual inputs because the resolution is too high for just a single DVI link.

Edit: The Wikipedia Article on DVI connectors explains about the different types of connectors if you want to know more about them