Galen Seitz wrote: > Rich Shepard wrote: > >> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011, Larry Brigman wrote: >> >> >>> Was it connected via a VGA cable? >>> >> Larry, >> >> Yes. That's been adequate for years so that's what I continue to use. >> > > If your machine has a DVI output, I'd recommend switching to that. > When you use VGA with an LCD, you're adding two extra stages of signal > processing that is unnecessary. With VGA, your video card converts > pixels into three analog outputs, and the display turns right around > and converts the analog signals back to pixels. A DVI connection > sends pixels straight to the display. > > I have both DVI and VGA outputs on a video card. When I blissfully switched to a DVI cable on my Hanns-G flat panel, the sharpness of the screen was noticeably reduced. I was told that there was a 6 bit DVI cable and a later 8 bit DVI cable and that I probably had the 6 bit cable. Doing a quick search on DVI cables I discover that there are at least DVI-D Single link and dual link; DVI-A; and DVI-I Single Link and Dual Link cable types.
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