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seriously.. whats the difference between video cable vs dvi cable?
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BillR
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Yes you can, but it's a bit more tricky. With DVI your video card does a lot of the thinking for you, but you still have to calibrate any monitor before it's worth a damn, a step most people don't take.
Calibration on an LCD is not the same as a CRT. Try this; bring all three color levels down equally. Start with one notch at a time but do all three the same. Each time you make a change re-check your blacks. Once you get a pretty good black go to your gray scale screen and look for tint issues. Correct your tint with your individual color adjustments, you want real white and real black.
After that touch up with your contrast and brightness(unless you have a DVI cable). That should get you pretty close.
Double check your vid card settings as well, most software lets you add a profile that loads when you reboot. Its tricky but you can get very good blacks if you take your time.
That should get you started
Calibration on an LCD is not the same as a CRT. Try this; bring all three color levels down equally. Start with one notch at a time but do all three the same. Each time you make a change re-check your blacks. Once you get a pretty good black go to your gray scale screen and look for tint issues. Correct your tint with your individual color adjustments, you want real white and real black.
After that touch up with your contrast and brightness(unless you have a DVI cable). That should get you pretty close.
Double check your vid card settings as well, most software lets you add a profile that loads when you reboot. Its tricky but you can get very good blacks if you take your time.
That should get you started
umcpgrad said:
Basically the DVI cable transfers information that the monitor won't have to decode, thereby making it the quicker solution. LCD monitors are, by nature, digital and anytime you hook it up to a VGA outlet, it takes some of the monitor's processing time (read the ADC) and therefore results in lower quality.
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So its impossible to adjust the contrast on DVI?