The cable is a digital video cable from HDMI to DVI to which an analog audio cable with 3.5 mm jack plugs is incorporated. The information of another recession, the audio signal will be looped into the HDMI connector is wrong. If one thinks about it night this is technically impossible, as the HDMI interface support pure digital audio and video transfers signals and the audio signal coming from the analog output jacks. Furthermore, the audio cable is so short that one on a 15-inch notebook with DVI output to the right and audio output to the left of an extension cord is required to connect both cables. Therefore, one could better yet a separate DHMI-> DVI and audio cables buy in the fall.