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01-04-2003, 08:43 PM
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analog or digital
I just got a new LCD Color Monitor, can someone give me some advice on the video output to use. I have a GeForce 4 card now with both the analog and digital outputs. How much diffrence (if any) is there between the 2 outputs. Should I use the digital or the analog output?
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01-04-2003, 10:09 PM
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Digital would be better.
Less Information would be lost in the wires.
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01-05-2003, 02:55 PM
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Actually, it makes little, if any, difference. Whichever is more convenient for you will work fine.
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01-05-2003, 05:42 PM
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I have both digital and analog on the video card and the LCD Monitor has both connections on it so i can do either. Was just wondering if one was better than the other,, thnx for the info.
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01-06-2003, 09:47 AM
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DVI all the way. VGA is not as good as DVI, and once you got used to a DVI picture, you *will* notice the difference.
TFT with VGA = not optimal, picture is not perfectly sharp Especially with your graka/monitor, both have DVI, so VGA wouldn't be a good choice. RJ
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01-06-2003, 12:21 PM
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Oops, I guess I should have researched a little before replying. I read somewhere that there was no difference between DVI and VGA. Sorry about that!
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01-06-2003, 04:47 PM
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DVI would be the better choice, mainly because the monitor won't have ton convert the analog signal to digital. In real world applications with a good LCD screen I can't see the difference. But your monitor won't have to work as hard. Cheaper screens you may be able to tell the difference in response time, I haven't played with them much.
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01-08-2003, 04:50 AM
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DVI is a digital connection and transfers the picture information digitally, then each pixel information is send to the appropriate pixel.
With VGA it depends on the phase and clock signals. If they are not really 100% perfect (not possible with VGA) the neighbour-pixels will be interpolated because the signal for the pixel is not only sent to the appropriate pixel. It's analog, so there are no pixel information, it's a picture that will be splitted into the pixels and then displayed. And the interpolation of the neighbour-pixels make the whole image a bit blurry. Not much, but with DVI you don't have that at all, that's why DVI is the preferred connection. RJ |
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01-08-2003, 01:54 PM
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Thanks to everyone that has replied to my question, I guess DVI is the way to go.
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