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DVI cable...is it worthwhile?
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:09 am
by txTarHeel
My old CRT monitor died recently and I replaced it with a 17" LCD. I'm still using a generic, analog cable (D-sub/VGA/RGB...whatever you want to call it) but I was curious if it's worthwhile to spend a few bucks on a DVI cable (which is the only other input this monitor accepts). Is the picture and/or performance much better when using a DVI cable?
Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions.
---Lonnie
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 11:23 am
by terrell
Re: DVI cable...is it worthwhile?
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:28 pm
by BruceWallace
txTarHeel wrote:My old CRT monitor died recently and I replaced it with a 17" LCD. I'm still using a generic, analog cable (D-sub/VGA/RGB...whatever you want to call it) but I was curious if it's worthwhile to spend a few bucks on a DVI cable (which is the only other input this monitor accepts). Is the picture and/or performance much better when using a DVI cable?
Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions.
---Lonnie
I'll give you a more simple answer than Terrell's read. If your video card has a DVI out, then most definitely get the DVI cable. The picture is much better than analog.
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:37 pm
by txTarHeel
Thanks folks. I guess I'll get the cable.
BTW, I enjoyed reading the article in T's post. Good info there.
---Lonnie
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 2:43 pm
by terrell
you could always do what i do, and goto fry's, and let them demo it for you. it makes sense that more leads and better shielding will result in a better display. but i don't believe anything that i read, and only half what i see. unless bruce says so, of course. (8
Re: DVI cable...is it worthwhile?
Posted:
Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:42 pm
by canuck
txTarHeel wrote:My old CRT monitor died recently and I replaced it with a 17" LCD. I'm still using a generic, analog cable (D-sub/VGA/RGB...whatever you want to call it) but I was curious if it's worthwhile to spend a few bucks on a DVI cable (which is the only other input this monitor accepts). Is the picture and/or performance much better when using a DVI cable?
Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions.
---Lonnie
if you get 1 make sure its DVI-D
DVI-D is digital only
DVI-A is analog only
DVI-I is digital & analog but some monitors with DVI-I have trouble deciding which mode to run in and mostly run as analog.
chris