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Eforcity HDMI F to DVI M Video Adaptor with Gold Contacts

High Performance Connection Between HDMI and DVI Components / Cables Makes Hookup Easy! HDMI, the hottest high-definition digital audio/video standard, is compatible with all digital video connection, DVI. So, if you’ve got DVI components (like DVD player, Cable box, HDTV tuner with DVI outputs) in your system and buy a new HDMI-capable component (like Plasma TV or projector), compatibility is guaranteed.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Works
Works fine. Connects HDMI from my Dish TV HD box to my Sony CRT TV’s DVI input.

5 Stars HDMI Is awesome.
I love that I can play my PS3 on my 20′ Dell monitor. It looks beautiful!! Great Product. High quality.

5 Stars OK
It works as advertised. This plus a cheap HDMI cable made for a very cheap, and flexible, way of connecting my laptop to my new TV.

4 Stars Works great, great price
Eforcity HDMI-F to DVI-M Video Adaptor with Gold Contacts

I bought this adapter to connect my PC to my TV. I gave it 4 stars because the screws are too small and difficult to tighten. Other than that, it works great. Don’t waste your money on some brand name adapter when this product works fine for just a couple bucks (the same goes for HDMI cables).

5 Stars works effortlessly, right after plugging it in.
didnt have to change settings on pc or tv. worked great. havent tested it in game yet. ill update if anything bad happens…

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HDMI Cable 3ft 3 ft 1 3 1080P FOR PS3 TO DVD LCD HDTV

Specifications HDMI to HDMI Cables w/Gold Plated Connectors. 19-Pin design. For Video & Audio hookup of digital electronics – HDTV, Plasma, DLP, LCD, DVD, DVR, Cable, Satellite, DirectTV & more.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Great Cables, and CHEAP!
These cables seem like pretty high quality, store bought cables. I was impressed with how little they cost, and how durable they appear. I plugged them in, and what can I say, they just work. Don’t buy into the Monster hype. Most HDMI cables are just that, standard cables coming from the same factory. If you are looking to save a TON of money, buy these.

5 Stars PERFORMANCE+PRICE=AWESOME!
Connecting an hf237 1080p lcd monitor to a philips 5960 DVD player using this cable, outputting 1080p, picture looks great, i don’t need to try a more expensive cable. but i ordered 2 more because of all the $$ i saved and can shop for a larger 1080p LCD monitor.

5 Stars Excellent functionality
I really like the 3ft length because for a lot of jobs, like going from a HDMI switch to the TV, and from the switch to the PS3 etc. longer cables can be a pain (you have to bundle them up etc.). These cables are inexpensive, but they work just as well as any other pricey cable. Read the reviews that explain what a digital signal means!

1 Star utter garbage
you will get what you pay for! compare this to a 30 or 100 dollar hdmi and you will see the difference. I have a 46″ 120hz LCD Samsung and the picture was incredibly snowy and fuzzy with this junk out of china. Beware. Not worth the 3 dollars on your new prized electronics.

5 Stars Not PS3-specific – will connect any two devices over HDMI, if they are close enough
[Anyone remembers the old "I am not going to spend a lot for this muffler" commercial?]

The 3 ft. is my favorite length to connect any electronics that happen to be very close to each other.

Just in case someone may feel guilty for not paying a lot more for a premium brand, it should be stated that at this length – 3 ft., you will get as good a service from a no-brand cable as you would from a super-expensive rip-off. An HDMI 1.3 cable should be able to carry, error free, all the signal your electronic equipment may put out.

The FUD campaign attempting to attract buyers toward the more expensive brands makes a series of claims. I will address them, as they may apply to this specific cable.

- Signal attenuation is less over a more expensive cable. – TRUE, BUT that’s irrelevant on a 3 ft. length. The HDMI consortium stated that even the cables that were not ‘certified’ as ‘Category 2′ or ‘High-Speed’ will meet the requirements at lengths of 6 ft. or less. At 3 ft., it would be a waste to consider an ‘expensive’ alternative. In addition, the newer devices have sufficient processing power and are sensitive enough to properly interpret even the more ambiguous ‘digits’ they receive.

- The expensive cables are better engineered and their contacts are less likely to break. – TRUE, BUT how many times is one going to plug an HDMI cable in and out of an HDMI socket over the cable’s lifetime? 5 times? 10 times? The ‘better engineered’ claim has no practical importance. If your cable works on ‘day one’ the odds are that it will be left in the back of your box for many month or years before it is unplugged and plugged back in. If this cable is purchased for home use, the ‘better engineered’ claim should not be of a major concern.

- The more expensive cables are ‘future proof’. – NOT TRUE. Claims are made that, if you buy the more expensive wires you won’t have to buy new ones when ‘new standards’ emerge because the more expensive wire will support them. This is untrue on 2 different levels. First, your cheap cable was purchased to work with some very specific devices which need HDMI 1.3 and will never support the ‘new standard’. The new standards will be supported by new electronic devices but, for as long as you keep the existing ones, you will still need this cable to connect them. Second, the emerging HDMI 1.4 specs call for physically different connectors so, no matter how large a bandwidth the existing expensive cables may support, it won’t matter because you still won’t able to plug them into an HDMI 1.4 port so… there go your $5 or… there go your $200, depending on your having purchased a ‘cheap’ or a ‘top of the line’ HDMI cable.

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Here are the HDMI 1.3 specs supported by both this cable and its more expensive alternatives.

Maximum signal bandwidth (MHz) 340

Maximum TMDS bandwidth (Gbit/s) 10.2

Maximum video bandwidth (Gbit/s) 8.16

Maximum audio bandwidth (Mbit/s) 36.86

Maximum Color Depth (bit/px) 48

Maximum resolution over single link at 24-bit/px 2560

Samsung LN52B550 52 Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color

52″ screen (measured diagonally) * widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio * Touch of Color high-gloss finish — black with red accents * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1920 x 1080 pixels *

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Go with the 120 Hz if you’re gonna spend the money….
The clarity on this Samsung model is phenomenal. The black is definitely blacker than any model I have seen but if you’re gonna spend upwards of $1,500, do yourself a favor, spend the extra $300 and get a 120 hz refresh rate. This model boasts a 60 hz, which in itself is not bad at all, but it seems like when you get as big as a 52″, the fast action seems to blur a lot more than my older 40″. Maybe it is the size difference effecting it, but I wish I had sucked it up and got the 120hz. On slow movies, or even sports such as golf, hockey, or football, you won’t notice. But watch a quick movie with lots of action scenes, and you will notice a bit of a blur/pixel on this model. Just go and get that extra 60hz, you won’t regret it.

5 Stars LCD HDTV
So Far this 52 inch TV is one the best buys that I have made on line, free shipping and received when said, a good price, with a nice discount, good picture and a very nice color, u can’t beat this product.

5 Stars Nice!!
Great picture! The sound is very clear and plenty loud. No need to rush out and buy a sound system unless that’s your thing. Delivery was courteous and punctual. All in all this turned out to be a great way to purchase the Samsung LN52B550 52-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with Red Touch of Color.

5 Stars 52 Samsung Awesome
I got my 52LN550 ladder part of August. When I got the HD hookup with Dish, it took my breath away.

What a gorgeous picture. I watch Whale Wars on Animal Planet and I felt like I was in the cabin of the ship. Everything so clear. My Uncle came to visit, went home and ordered one, he was so impressed.

Football games-Whow! Beautiful.

5 Stars BUY IT
All I can say is this is a super TV. Beautiful picture,no glare problems, just out of the box, it arrived to me in only a couple of days, and me and the delivery guy opened it up, the box was in great condition and we looked it over, plugged it in and it came right on, there have been comments about the sound, but I find it to be just great, I have it in a small living room, so with just the sound 1/4 of the way up it is very loud and sounds great. I am sure with a sound system it would be much better, but I think you will still enjoy it,unless you are wanting the whole movie surround sound, and all I can say is Amazon is a great company to deal with, I had ordered the 46″ before, but my friend had the 52″ and I wanted it, they only charged me 49.95 to return it and my account was immediately credited, you can not go wrong with this company, AAAAAAAAAAA+++++++++++++. A Happy customer, Sherri Also Ceva was the delivery company and both times were excellent.

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