<div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>On 1/24/07, Jarod Wilson <<a href="mailto:lists@wilsonet.com">lists@wilsonet.com</a>
> wrote:<br>> On Jan 24, 2007, at 00:43, Brad DerManouelian wrote:<br>> > I was using a single-link DVI cable to drive my Westinghouse 42"<br>> > 1080p display and I was getting crazy artifacts in the upper third of
<br>> > the screen. I was using a 5200. I upgraded to a 6600 and had the same<br>> > problem. I switched over to a dual-link and it's been great.<br>><br>> Huh. I'm inclined to say that maybe not all DVI cables are created
<br>> equally, as someone had earlier suggested, and maybe a different<br>> single-link cable would have been just as big an improvement... :)<br>><br>> Seriously though, the specs for single-link do clearly indicate that
<br>> its got more than enough bandwidth for 1080p.<br><br>I agree that I don't see any way in which the dual link cable would<br>have specifically made a difference, I would be willing to be a better<br>quality/larger gauge single link cable would have made the same
<br>difference. I'm assuming by "crazy artifacts" Brad meant mpeg<br>pixelation due to lost data.<br></blockquote></div><br>I know that on the Westinghouse TV/monitors, artifacts on the HDMI/DVI ports tend to be sparkles as opposed to block artifacts. This is something that should be fixed with a firmware update. I've read WAY to much on AVS Forums about the 42" and the 47" Westies (thanks to Jarod's experiences).
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