LCD monitor - analog v. DVI

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:10 pm

I picked up an LG LCD monitor a few months back. It only came with an analog cable, so I used that and it seems fine. Should I bother to get a DVI cable for it? What would it do any better?
Video card has ports for both.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:19 pm

DVI will get you a crisper picture (no D/A - A/D conversion). Make sure you get a DVI-D cable, some monitors have a hardware preference for the A part in DVI-I..

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:32 am

or rather, lack the analog bits of DVI...

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:23 am

The difference it makes won't necessarily be \"night and day\", but it will be noticeable.

Right now, I'm having to use analog VGA because of my KVM switch, and wishing I could use DVI.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 5:31 pm

You can avoid the auto-adjust step with DVI too.

Spidey · Post by **Spidey** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:58 pm

I don’t know about that Monitor, but the TV I use with my Media Center wont sleep with the DVI input only the VGA..so you might want to check into that.

As far as the picture…I see very little difference between the two. So unless you are very picky you can save your money

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:19 pm

I have no issues with sleep mode on a DVI cable also it's a 10' version of a DVI

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:25 pm

thanks all. I got a freebie cable recently; I may swap it in to see if there's any difference.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 9:41 pm

You most likely won't see a difference (unless the VGA cable you have been using was really that horrible). But you won't have to ever auto adjust the picture onto the screen again, which is plenty of reason to use the DVI cable.