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July 28th, 2006 14:00
Questions about Analog vs digital
Hi, I'm configuring a system and have some questions about monitors/video cards. I don't play games or watch tv with my computer. Is it worth it for me to upgrade to the 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out)ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory so I can have a digital monitor. Or should I just get the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and get the analog monitor. Is there a huge difference between analog and digital. My choice for monitor would be either 17inch digital or 19inch analog. Any help with this would be appreciated. Thanks
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July 28th, 2006 15:00
You would hardly know the differenc anyway.
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July 28th, 2006 16:00
Just a little information
CRT’s are scalable, and you can raise or lower the resolution settings. LCD’s however, are different. Any settings lower than the native resolution results in either letter boxing, which maintains image quality by shrinking the image to a compatible size, or keeps the full screen image, but adjusts for missing pixels, sacrificing image quality.
CRT's, must refresh every pixel on the screen. Screen flicker with an LCD is not an issue since the monitor does not refresh like a CRT monitor, so a refresh rate of 60 Hz should be just fine for an LCD monitor.
A few new owners of LCD’s often find that the size of the fonts are too small for them, failing to realize that LCD’s have a native resolution for each size monitor for best viewing experience. IE : A 15 inch LCD has a native resolution of 1024x768, and a 17 / 18 / 19 inch LCD has a 1280x1024 resolution. A 20 inch LCD has a native of 1600x1200. The higher the resolution, the smaller the fonts. What you get is more information on the ( So you don't have to scroll, left/right or up/down that much ) larger screen with the native resolution of 1280x1024 over the 1024x768 resolution. If you purchased a 17 /18 /19 inch screen, but are uncomfortable with the smaller fonts, lowering the resolution to 1024x768, as some have done, now gets you less information on the screen, wasting the extra money you paid for the larger monitor in the first place, not to mention sacrificing image quality. Just should have gone to a smaller LCD instead, or perhaps a CRT screen, and saved big bucks for the same real estate. Some with bad eye sight to begin with may not notice the image quality being less than optimal by lowering the resolution, but others will.
It is best to look at some monitors at the local computer store first prior to any purchase to see if you are one of those that have eye sight problems.
http://ecoustics-cnet.com.com/4520-3174_7-5136369.html?part=ecoustics-cnet Analog compared to Digital ( DVI ) article
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July 29th, 2006 05:00