Re: Plasma panels - what to choose?

[Richard Malcolm-Smith <rich@xxxxxxx>]

brougham Baker wrote:

> From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
>
>>Do either of the two front runners have DVI interfaces?
>>
>>if yes, is this in addition to an analogue VGA input?
>
>
> This brings up a question I wanted to ask- We gone some Iiyama tft
monitors
> at work. One of them arrived with two DVI inputs. As we wanted to plug
them
> in to kvm's we rang the supplier and said this is no good.
>
> We got a cable sent to us- one end with a VGA connector and the other
end
> with a DVI connector. This device is entirely passive- it is just two
> connectors and a wire, no magic tricks inside.
>
> So the question- is DVI backwards compatible or is this an Iiyama ONLY
> feature?

4 big pins at one end of the DVI are for analog. Not everything supports it
however.

There are 2 types DVI-D and DVI-T from memory, one is digital and lacks the
analog connections.

Also, some cheap monitors just put a DVI plug on them but are purely
analog.




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