DVI cable installed

Godzilla

Today, I replaced my analog cable with a DVI cable. It may be my
imagination, but everything looks sharper and even the colors more
saturated. It appears that I should have done this earlier, but my former
video card did not have a DVI output like my current GeForce 8500GT.

Godzilla

DaveW

It is not your imagination: everything IS sharper since you are now running
in true digital mode rather than converted analog mode.

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--DaveW


"Godzilla" <godzilla@monsters.org> wrote in message
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> Today, I replaced my analog cable with a DVI cable. It may be my
> imagination, but everything looks sharper and even the colors more
> saturated. It appears that I should have done this earlier, but my former
> video card did not have a DVI output like my current GeForce 8500GT.
>
> Godzilla

Mr.E Solved!

DaveW wrote:
> It is not your imagination: everything IS sharper since you are now running
> in true digital mode rather than converted analog mode.
>

How do you know he's not still transmitting analog data? DVI supports
both analog and digital data, in fact it's one of the only video
connector standards that does.

Ash

Mr.E Solved! a écrit :
> DaveW wrote:
>> It is not your imagination: everything IS sharper since you are now
>> running in true digital mode rather than converted analog mode.
>>
>
> How do you know he's not still transmitting analog data? DVI supports
> both analog and digital data, in fact it's one of the only video
> connector standards that does.

Hi

It depends on graphic cards, some DVI do not support analog. And as far
as I know, only DVI-out from the graphic card is able to do both (the
analog compatibility is generally used with a DVI->VGA converter).
The monitor DVI-in is fully digital (DVI-D).
So if you plug a DVI cable between a graphic card and a (most of the
time LCD) monitor you should get a only digital signal.

DVI-A : DVI Analog
DVI-D : DVI Digital
DVI-I : DVI Integrated (both analog and digital)

Greetings,
Ash

Mr.E Solved!

Ash wrote:
> Mr.E Solved! a écrit :
>> DaveW wrote:
>>> It is not your imagination: everything IS sharper since you are now
>>> running in true digital mode rather than converted analog mode.
>>>
>>
>> How do you know he's not still transmitting analog data? DVI supports
>> both analog and digital data, in fact it's one of the only video
>> connector standards that does.
>
> Hi
>
> It depends on graphic cards, some DVI do not support analog. And as far
> as I know, only DVI-out from the graphic card is able to do both (the
> analog compatibility is generally used with a DVI->VGA converter).
> The monitor DVI-in is fully digital (DVI-D).
> So if you plug a DVI cable between a graphic card and a (most of the
> time LCD) monitor you should get a only digital signal.
>
> DVI-A : DVI Analog
> DVI-D : DVI Digital
> DVI-I : DVI Integrated (both analog and digital)
>
> Greetings,
> Ash


I think DaveW actually knows these things since his answers are
generally the exact opposite of how things operate.

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