Any Disadvantage Using DVI-HDMI Adapters?

As a matter of fact there is a problem. The DVI head, plus adaptor is too heavy for the HDMI female to support.

Over at AVSFORUM there are lots of us who have regretted doing doing what you propose.

My HDMI from my Dish satellite box is now useless. Get yourself a cable with DVI at one end and HDMI at the other.

Otherwise, to answer your question there is no signal loss.

I changed projectors and went to an Oppo 970HD dvd upscaling player. I found that my previously installed DVD cable neeeded an adapter to HDMI. I also obtained it from Monoprice.com and have been thrilled with reslult! Absolutely no issues.

What kind of DVI does you rprojector support????

There are TWO kinds.....analog and digital!!!

Some devices accept both and will default to digital if it detects the signal.

If you have an analog DVI only then it is probably not much different than component - although component cables may have better shielding...

Shadorne, I changed projector to one using HDMI; I had an installed DVI-D cable in the wall/ceiling, so I used a couple DVI-D to HDMI adapters to connect the projector and Oppo. Works perfectly.

UncleJeff,

I agree with you, I destroyed the HDMi output of a switcher for just such a reason. The added weight of the adaptor is large, and the leverage it affords the connector (read..YOU!) is also way more than these connectors were designed to do.

I for one would have liked to have stayed with a connector closer to DVI-D as it is more stable than HDMI, but that is my oppinion and worth as much!