Types & Uses of Monitor Input Cables
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Types & Uses of Monitor Input Cables
Use of different cable types, may greatly affect your viewing quality depending on your output device (DVD, PC GFX card, consol,TV box & etc), as well as your viewing device (PC Monitor or HDTV) Some combinations work great - others work dreadfully.
DVI Connectors
- DVI-D (digital only)
- DVI-A (analog only)
- DVI-I (digital & analog)
The difference between dual and single link DVI is an increased bandwidth. Not all GFX and other products support dual link DVI. Since your screens native resolution is below a single link DVI`s maximum resolution with a good margine, you will have no benifits with it at all.
A single link DVI can do a teoretical resolution of 1920x1200 by using reduced blanking mode (blanking mode is something CRT needs, not LCD's). But, a single link DVI is optimal at 1600x1200 and anything above is dependent much on cable and also on hardware connected.
HDMI cable
HDMI cables sends both video and audio signals.
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Disclaimer, Author & Feedback
The WSGF makes no warranty on the usage of this information/tutorial. Use this information at your own risk, and use common sense. This tutorial was originally authored by DougoftheNorth (with help from other forum members). If you have any questions or comments about this tutorial, please post into the original forum thread.
