Let me give you some context: I’ve been a gamer for decades, and I’ve seen plenty of display connection standards come and go. I’ve played games over DVI, VGA, SCART, the works.

A number of the top PC companies said Wednesday that they will phase out analog display connections in the next few years, meaning that the PC's future will likely be a digital one. VGA, DVI, and ...

It’s also worth noting that converting a DVI output to HDMI with an adapter will not make it HDCP-compliant if the DVI connection wasn’t in the first place.

I’m just trying to determine if the potential for handshake issues (however remote) would still be present with DVI on the monitor end or those concerns would basically be non-existent.