At 08:48 PM 17/09/2006, Winterlight wrote:
<Digital and analog connections: LCDs are digital devices and thus
have to convert analog (VGA) signals before they can be displayed. A
graphics card with a digital video interface (DVI) can send the
signal straight to the display in digital format--no conversion
required. Most LCDs come with an analog input (featuring a D-shaped
connector that has 15 pins arranged in three rows, sometimes
labelled D-Sub), some come with both, and only a very few come with
just a digital input. Nevertheless, at this point, most monitors do
such a good job of signal conversion that digital connections are
not as important as they used to be.>
Yeah, that's what I read.
If it doesn't work then there is no point in buying the monitor for
me. I can tell you that there is no loss running a long SVGA cable
to CRT, and analog video card. I have been doing this for years, and
have done my own extensive side by side comparisons.
http://www.scala.com/hardware/dvi-vga-cable.html
"Using copper cable it would appear that the limits are approximately
[EMAIL PROTECTED] to one meter and [EMAIL PROTECTED] to 9 meters with
appropriate signal strength from the graphics adapter. [repeater may
be required for longer lengths and there are
"Fiber-Optic/electrical-to-light-to-electrical cables available that
permit lengths to 100's of meters--see below] "
And from what I'm seeing, 50 feet over copper is fine, but for
longer, you need to go fibre optic (up to 330 feet.)
T
