Re: VGA or DVI ?

[Sean <thunderchilduk@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd Agree My wife gets bad power interference when the monitor is
hooked up VGA but its silk smooth in DVI.

Some DVI sockets also can't hook to a VGA adapter (DVI-D found on HPs
at work which makes hooking a projector in a pain in the neck)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI

Sean

On 11/17/06, Steve Morgan <smorgo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> Unlike a CRT monitor, an LCD panel is a digital device; there are
discretely
> addressable pixels.
>
> An LCD monitor with both VGA and DVI inputs is actually a digital
device
> with 'extra' analogue processing.
>
> DVI is a digital interface. As long as the panel is being driven at
it's
> native resolution, the monitor is able to map the signal directly to
the
> pixels of the panel. VGA is an analogue signal that requires A-to-D
> conversion.
>
> The most obvious difference between the two is that VGA is susceptible
to
> 'jitter' due to timing inaccuracies. DVI isn't.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Chris Hunter
> > Sent: 17 November 2006 19:40
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] VGA or DVI ?
> >
> > DVI or VGA - is the difference worth the candle, I wonder ?
> > Also, some
> > LCD screens seem to connect by both VGA & DVI interfaces -
> > presumably that means they are really just VGA & when
> > connected via DVI they are really just connecting to the VGA
> > parts of the DVI socket ... or am I just being just too cynical ?
> >
> > How I hate this double-dealing PC world, where the wheels are
> > extra & being straight-forward cannot be taken for granted !
> >
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
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