HDMI to DVI cable to save the day?

I have in my system an Toshiba XA2 that has video adjustments I need to get a decent picture to my projector. I have found in the past that making video adjustments on a transport works better than making them on my Focus Enhancements CS-2 Scaler. I have not tried this however with the newer HD-DVD or Blu-Ray content but it should have better results than DVD since blacks show up better right?

The Denon 3800BDCI does not have video adjustments. :sad2: It does have bass management and 5.1 analog output so that I would not need to get a new AVR to decode the new audio formats since the player does this enternally. I don't plan on upgrading the projector anytime soon.

A HDMI DVI cable (24AWG) w/net jacket- 6ft (Gold Plated) cable from monoprice should work into my DVI input of my scaler that is HDCP compatable. If I input from the player into this connection and output the signal from the scaler, I think that I am loosing any benifit of "Deep Color" although I am not 100% certain at this time if my scaler or projector would even benifit from such a feature if applicable.

I use a Key Digital KD-VA5 transcoder currently but I may not actually have a use for this. I have talked to the manufactor of the scaler and I am not sure why they had not recommended trying a HDMI to DVI cable before. If I select DVI input on the scaler it shows output of the RGB but I am not sure if it will only pass the signal out of the DVI output. I would think this would not be so since it is not a pass-through. It sends the menu picture out of the RGB when I select the DVI. It will not do this when I use the VGA/RGB input. I figure for 7 dollars it can't hurt to try and woln't hurt the current setup. Worst case I am stuck with a 7 dollar cable that doesn't work.

I'm going to try this anyway unless someone is sure it will not work, but does anyone have any input on this idea?