HDMI>DVI Gender Benders

[DLA]

My Mitsubishi HDTV Model # WS-55315 has only a DVI input not a HDMI...my cable company has issued new boxes that have only HDMI whereas the current has only DVI which I use. I plug in my DVI cable and it reads as the "Monolink" though I do have a DTV input (no used). so here are my questions.

1. If I use the gender bender yet still go through monolink as opposed to DTV do I gain anything?

2. Will I still get audio through my optical connection should I use a gender bender?

3. Or should I be using my DTV input all along with component connections and just be done with the DVI all together?

[DLA]

Doing some checking...

Since posting above I did find some more up to date info regrading my questions. I should stick to the DVI with Optical audio for now...a gender bender from an HDMI output to a HDMI to DVI bender then back to the DVI input will reduce my quality...or so I read http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volum...s-11-2004.html and

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/122868.html

As for the DTV Vs. the Monolink...I believe I read that the Monolink is a DVI/HDCP.