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19" Flat panel VGA or DVI cable
I bought a 19" Samsung panel and it works great but was wondering If I would
see any improvement by using a DVI cable instead of my VGA cable. Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Best buy wants $52 for a DVI cable so I don't want to through my money away. Thanks, |
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DB wrote:
I bought a 19" Samsung panel and it works great but was wondering If I would see any improvement by using a DVI cable instead of my VGA cable. Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Best buy wants $52 for a DVI cable so I don't want to through my money away. (a) Never, ever buy a cable from BestBuy or CompUSA or the like unless (a) you need to see it before you buy it for some reason or (b) you've absolutely, positively got to have it _today_. The same identical cables (same brand, same part number, same packaging, everything) are available online for much, much better prices. In the particular case, a DVI-I dual-link cable is available online for under 8 bucks, while the Belkin brand that BestBuy likely carries can be had for 20. Froogle "DVI Cable". (b) I'm surprised that your Samsung didn't come with a DVI cable. (c) Whether you see a difference depends on the system--sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. With the last Samsung I looked at and a Matrox display adapter there was not a noticeable difference. Thanks, -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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The signal that the LCD monitor actually uses is a digital signal. But
using the VGA cable you are sending an analog signal which must then be converted to digital. Not good. Results in a reduced quality image. Get a DVI cable so that you are sending a digital signal to the LCD for superior imaging. -- DaveW "DB" wrote in message ... I bought a 19" Samsung panel and it works great but was wondering If I would see any improvement by using a DVI cable instead of my VGA cable. Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Best buy wants $52 for a DVI cable so I don't want to through my money away. Thanks, |
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DaveW wrote:
The signal that the LCD monitor actually uses is a digital signal. But using the VGA cable you are sending an analog signal which must then be converted to digital. Not good. Results in a reduced quality image. Get a DVI cable so that you are sending a digital signal to the LCD for superior imaging. Sez the guy who has never been right once in his life. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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J. Clarke wrote:
DaveW wrote: The signal that the LCD monitor actually uses is a digital signal. But using the VGA cable you are sending an analog signal which must then be converted to digital. Not good. Results in a reduced quality image. Get a DVI cable so that you are sending a digital signal to the LCD for superior imaging. Sez the guy who has never been right once in his life. I agree with this poast! Spent a bunch of money to get DVI and SO WHAT!!! There is not a whole lot of difference betwen the analog LCD on this system and the DVI on the other. BIG F***** deal. S |
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Hash: SHA1 sbb78247 wrote: Spent a bunch of money to get DVI and SO WHAT!!! There is not a whole lot of difference betwen the analog LCD on this system and the DVI on the other. BIG F***** deal. In my experience, the difference is *significant*. Yet it's not really that apparent unless you're able to compare properly. When I got an LCD at work I originally plugged it into the VGA. I thought the image was stellar. Then, out of curiosity, I got a DVI cable and plugged that in as well. I didn't really see much of a difference. Until I switched back and forth between them a few times. There difference in clarity was huge. The same was the case when I got an LCD at home later on. - -- Frode -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQlTC0uXlGBWTt1afEQKeggCfaERSfEsN7h/OSl6Uucq3vgG0R1oAoOMP xwC0NY0xw98fYKvjVaH089ee =KoqC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Frode wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 sbb78247 wrote: Spent a bunch of money to get DVI and SO WHAT!!! There is not a whole lot of difference betwen the analog LCD on this system and the DVI on the other. BIG F***** deal. In my experience, the difference is *significant*. Yet it's not really that apparent unless you're able to compare properly. When I got an LCD at work I originally plugged it into the VGA. I thought the image was stellar. Then, out of curiosity, I got a DVI cable and plugged that in as well. I didn't really see much of a difference. Until I switched back and forth between them a few times. There difference in clarity was huge. The same was the case when I got an LCD at home later on. - -- Frode -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQlTC0uXlGBWTt1afEQKeggCfaERSfEsN7h/OSl6Uucq3vgG0R1oAoOMP xwC0NY0xw98fYKvjVaH089ee =KoqC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- not a world of difference on this one. maybe the monitor or card are crap? There is a bit, but not much S |
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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 sbb78247 wrote: In my experience, the difference is *significant*. Yet it's not really that apparent unless you're able to compare properly. not a world of difference on this one. maybe the monitor or card are crap? There is a bit, but not much It might also depend on how your desktop is. I run with dark colors. A lot of grey shades. So I can end up with a table window with grey background, darker grey separator lines and black text in the cells. VGA vs DVI was as night vs day in clarity to me. - -- Frode -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQlVNP+XlGBWTt1afEQKVLwCgqogj38WgzHqw4/THurF5Cdn2eHUAoLba mSk3Gy77pToMbLRMQlkDnoAD =ml+T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Thanks all you guys for your input. I think I'll try and find a less
expensive DVI cable and give it a go for myself. -Dave "Frode" wrote in message news X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 sbb78247 wrote: In my experience, the difference is *significant*. Yet it's not really that apparent unless you're able to compare properly. not a world of difference on this one. maybe the monitor or card are crap? There is a bit, but not much It might also depend on how your desktop is. I run with dark colors. A lot of grey shades. So I can end up with a table window with grey background, darker grey separator lines and black text in the cells. VGA vs DVI was as night vs day in clarity to me. - -- Frode -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.1 iQA/AwUBQlVNP+XlGBWTt1afEQKVLwCgqogj38WgzHqw4/THurF5Cdn2eHUAoLba mSk3Gy77pToMbLRMQlkDnoAD =ml+T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
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Yes, the DVI cable is better, the amount of the difference varies. It
may be anything from minor to tremendous. That's an outrageous price for that cable. You can probalby find one for $15 or so. www.pimfg.com www.computergate.com www.cyberguys.com E-Bay most monitors that have DVI inputs come with a DVI cable. DB wrote: I bought a 19" Samsung panel and it works great but was wondering If I would see any improvement by using a DVI cable instead of my VGA cable. Anyone have any words of wisdom on this? Best buy wants $52 for a DVI cable so I don't want to through my money away. Thanks, |
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