dvi cable (does it matter)

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Sathsayin

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you guys i had a crt and waited so long i was crt forever. then i got my LG L227wtg-pf
it looks freaking awesome my question is does anybody have it and did they notice
a significant diffrence from vga. i understand that some lcd's have a better dvi interface and you notice a diffrence. but others have an interface that has vga and it looks just as good
as the dvi. (don't know if the this is a byproduct of a cheap dvi connection are the oppisite being an excellent vga connection) i guess im asking what will be the improvements exactly. will i miss anythgin are should i save the money for a better clicker. please elaborate. i'm all ears.
 
yes, there is a considerable difference between VGA and DVI!
I mainly noticed less artifacts, sharper picture =)
 
By the way, a DVI cable is pretty cheap online. You have no reasons not to use one :)
What I like about Samsung is that they include both VGA and DVI cables. LG doesn't.
 
I can vouch for a DVI connection here. I used to own a Viewsonic vx2025wm and at some point, the DVI interface just stopped working.(tested on laptop dvi out too) So I swapped to VGA connection and I had a hard time adjusting. All the texts are JUST a little bit fuzzed out, and since I'm so used to a crisp picture, it was a glaring pain in the rear to re-adjust to.

What's weird is that after a month, I accidentally replugged the DVI connection in, it works again!(I unplugged the DVI cable, but left it lying there. After I serviced my PC, I just grabbed the first video cable I see to replug forgetting about the DVI incident)

I would DEFINITELY chose DVI over VGA if I have the choice.

Off-topic relating story: I had thought my 7800GT died! So I ordered my 8800GT then. 8800GT came and same no picture through DVI! That's when I suspected the LCD is dead. So the moral of the story, test everything before plunking down 200 bux. lol
 
will i notice any diffrence in input lag with a dvi? Any drawbacks! because seriously i have really good vision and this thing looks like its solid black pixels with white around the text no shades of fuzzy gray are anything. its picture perfect! I just really don't think ill see an improvement. i was reading a review of the l227-wtg and it said there was no signifcant diffrence in vga vs dvi on the model. Can anybody with the same model vouch!
 
Yes, the higher the resolution, the more difference it's gonna show. DVI is pure digital interface while analog relies on graphic card and monitor's analog-digital conversion interface to work together to get the results that dvi gets naturally.

Sharpness is the first thing you'll notice different when switching from analog to dvi, texts is much sharper in dvi. Also gradient is another area that will inprove with dvi. Not to mention input lag will be reduced.
 
Koslov said:
By the way, a DVI cable is pretty cheap online. You have no reasons not to use one :)
What I like about Samsung is that they include both VGA and DVI cables. LG doesn't.
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My LG's came with both DVI and VGA cables.

Monitor quality determines if you will see a difference with VGA or DVI. On my LG's both look identical. I ran VGA and DVI on my old 7800GS and DVI and DVI on my 1950Pro and now my 9800GT.

Our Dell 17" monitor looks much sharper with the DVI vs the VGA.
 
With analogue whenever the resolution changes or you go into Vista the image will auto adjust and dance around the screen for a few seconds. That alone is a good enough reason to avoid VGA. I found the image quality on VGA to be slightly inferior, the difference is small but it's there if you look closely enough.
 
I had a 17" LG LCD which had a BIG difference between VGA and DVI. DVI had less ghosting and a crystal clear picture.

I now have a L227WT which came with both DVI and VGA cables. Needless to say, I didn't bother with the VGA cause I knew DVI would be much better.

When I first got my L227WT, I first plugged in my old DVI cable into the monitor then after a few days I plugged in the DVI cable that came with the monitor which made the refresh rate seem smoother. I play FPS and I could aim easier with the newer DVI cable. Strange... maybe the newer one had more bandwidth or better connectors?
 
I don't know i just don't have much money to spend on one right now! struggling to buy sandwich meat if you know what i mean. So i'll get me one when i can. I'm the type
of person that i buy the best i can afford, but i will save months to buy something... (sandwich meat). I know that some cables are better than other's no matter what cable type you are using. I just want to know what is the best cable for the money. I can't spend 50 bucks for a cable. Unless it's a real improvement over another one.
Is the clock and phase all vga? Also i noticed a couple of people saying that they didn't notice others did. Do you guys think thats to do with them needing a pair of glasses are does monitors vary greatly that much. would be nice if we knew which ones did and didn't
I'm curious if there is a list of displays that tells wheather are not dvi/vga makes a diffrence for each particular panel and to what extent!
 
Sathsayin said:
I don't know i just don't have much money to spend on one right now! struggling to buy sandwich meat if you know what i mean. So i'll get me one when i can. I'm the type
of person that i buy the best i can afford, but i will save months to buy something... (sandwich meat). I know that some cables are better than other's no matter what cable type you are using. I just want to know what is the best cable for the money. I can't spend 50 bucks for a cable. Unless it's a real improvement over another one.
Is the clock and phase all vga? Also i noticed a couple of people saying that they didn't notice others did. Do you guys think thats to do with them needing a pair of glasses are does monitors vary greatly that much. would be nice if we knew which ones did and didn't
I'm curious if there is a list of displays that tells wheather are not dvi/vga makes a diffrence for each particular panel and to what extent!
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Don't bother spending any more than $5 on a DVI cable, it's purely digital, and any short DVI cable will do. Spending more on a DVI (i.e. monster cable prices) cable is only of benefit if you need one over about 10 metres in length.

Also, if VGA looks fine for now, don't bother buying one if you cannot afford to eat, the improvement isn't worth startvation over :)
 
lol yeah but 5 dollars is 2 packs of meat!!!!
Sucks i can't hook my pc to my display with a piece of meat. I guess you get what
you pay for!

Aight you guys thanks for the help! Any recomendations on a good cable. i just don't wont to spend 5 on one if a 10 dollar one would be better quality in terms of the cable not the digital connnection
 
Sathsayin said:
lol yeah but 5 dollars is 2 packs of meat!!!!
Sucks i can't hook my pc to my display with a piece of meat. I guess you get what
you pay for!

Aight you guys thanks for the help! Any recomendations on a good cable. i just don't wont to spend 5 on one if a 10 dollar one would be better quality in terms of the cable not the digital connnection
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go to a small computer store, and ask them for a dvi cable, doesn't matter which as long as its the right spec(dvi-d?) i think is what you need, maybe someone else can chime in.
 
DVI-I means the card provides both DVI-D and analogue from the same port - you can use an adapter to get an analogue signal. You're trying to use DVI, so a DVI-D cable is what you want.
 
Sathsayin said:
Aight you guys thanks for the help! Any recomendations on a good cable. i just don't wont to spend 5 on one if a 10 dollar one would be better quality in terms of the cable not the digital connnection
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IT's purely digital, so spending $10 instead of $5 just means you waste $5.
 
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