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More info?)
And this statement of mine begs yet another question:
When Dell refers to DVI all over the place, are they uniformly referring to
DVI-I and/or DVI-D or are they still in the analog game?
Until I started digging, I had thought I had this alllllll figgered out.
:-|
"Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com>
wrote in message news:aXydc.4551$QQ6.722@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
>
> NO NO NO.
>
> A "converter" cable like that would only work for DVI-A. Here's a great
> blurb I found at
>
http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/DVI_monitor_cables.html#adapters
>
>
> <BLURB>
> About DVI: DVI is the new interface for Digital flat panel LCD monitors
and
> video cards. There are a number of versions of DVI, including DVI-I
(analog
> & Digital together) , DVI-D (only the Digital signal) and DVI-A (only the
> Analog signal) . Why was DVI created? Wasn't DFP enough? Well here's the
> history. The P&D or Plug and Display standard, which was ratified by the
> Video Electronics Standards Association in 1997, tried throwing everything
> into one connector including Digital and analog interfaces, USB and
> FireWire, all on one connector. This was very expensive and considered
more
> than was necessary especially for monitor and video card manufacturers.
DFP
> on the other hand eliminated all this excess and has only a Digital
> interface for Flat panal displays. The reason DFP isn't still being used
is
> its maximum supported resolution is "SXGA", or 1280 x 1024 pixels. This
will
> not be enough for a future filled with HDTV, which has a resolution of
1920
> x 1080 pixels.
> Dell has an excellent DVI technolgy brief.
> Tech TV has a few pages on Flat panal Monitor Standards.
>
> Important: In DVI like anything else, Analog only talks to analog, and
> digital only talks to digital. Don't try using a DFP or DVI-D (Digital
only)
> monitor through an adapter to a VGA (analog) viddeo card, it will not
work!
> While converters are possible, nobody has any on the market. The problems
> with making a cost effective "Generic" analog/digital converter which
would
> support a very wide range of monitors and video cards is apparantly too
> great.
> </BLURB>
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
> "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:1yydc.2750$d8.1718@nwrdny01.gnilink.net...
> > good point, i suppose the displays with only a dvi port can also be used
> > with a dvi to vga converter cable. dvi only is found on apple flat
> screens
> > and on large screen tv/monitors..
> >
> > "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com>
> > wrote in message news
mndc.4024$QQ6.2868@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> > >
> > > I was just gonna post the same question. Who does DVI (or whatever
else
> > > digital format there may be) only?
> > >
> > >
> > > "Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
> > > news:ENWdneCPPekGbejdRVn-hA@comcast.com...
> > > > Just curious. I've never seen a digital only flat panel, just either
> > > analog
> > > > only or analog/digital. Who makes digital only's?
> > > >
> > > > Tom
> > > > "Christopher Muto" <muto@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> > > > news:JKldc.14754$1y1.9136@nwrdny03.gnilink.net...
> > > > > the dimension 2400 has intel 845 extreme graphics which is capable
> of
> > > > > 1600x1200 maximum resolution. a typical 17" flat panel monitor is
> > > ideally
> > > > > set to 1280x1024. you will be fine, but a small number of tfts
have
> > > only
> > > > > digital interface connections. you need analog, and the vast
> majority
> > > are
> > > > > analog only or provide both analog and digital interface
> connections.
> > > > >
> > > > > "tim mccoy" <hzmt@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > > > > news:QMidnVOVYfpMGujdRVn-uA@comcast.com...
> > > > > > i have a 2400 system. if i want to add a flat panel (lcd)
17inch
> > > > monitor,
> > > > > > do i need to upgrade my video card?(system has the regular video
> > card)
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