The cable seems sturdy and well built but it simply did not work with my equipment.The projector (Optoma H31) did not recognize the source (OPPO DVD 971) and there was no image. I tried with my PC but it didn't work either.When I use the 6' DVI cable supplied with my OPPO DVD it works fine (it is too short for my layout though) so it really seems that the problem is the Arista DVI cable.