LCD / Video Card advice request

[Taavi Burns]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 09:33:13AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 07:40:17PM -0400, Peter King wrote:
> > It seems as though an LCD monitor with a DVI input, paired with a
> > video card having a DVI output, produces better-quality results
> > than analogue connections. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)
> 
> I would have thought so, but some people claim it doesn't make much
> difference.  I suspect as resolutions go up, it will make a
> difference.

DVI has certain maximum resolutions due to bandwidth limitations.
Analog connections don't have "maximum resolution", apart from FCC
regulations, and being analog are less likely to hit those limits
compare to uncompressed (or at least not-very-compressed) digital
signals.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1189976,00.asp

Then again, if you want REAL signal quality, you might look into
a monitor with 5BNC:
http://www.a1parts.com/cables/video.html

;)  (ooh, look, VGA<->13W3, AND they're in Toronto!)

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