I don't care about the full HD thing, I don't have a light-fast internet connection so I watch most things online on standard definition, I don't have a bluray reader on the PC and DVDs aren't HD, so I really don't need the HD feature.
What puzzles me is if the DVI connection will make any difference compared to the VGA I'm using and have always used. Any feedback on this? I could get a DVI cable easily if it's worth it.
Really? I've read mixed reviews about it. Some say it's like the mp3/flac thingie I guess I'll wait and see it with my own eyes, then buy (or not) the cable.
Fact is that with DVI it is guaranteed that 1 pixel in software can be mapped with 1 pixel in hardware. With VGA that is already harder, also with DVI there is no noise.
Depends on monitor and cable if you see the difference, if the monitor has good analogue input probably not that easy to see.
aha! I had read there is no noise and a better loss ratio than with the analog (VGA) input, but I'll see if I notice it and then make a decission. DVI cables are 3€ at eBay but then again a crappy cable would probably make the difference less obvious
Really? Don't get it. If the cable isn't good enough there can be signal dropouts or other bad things, besides it being analog or digital... am I wrong?
Think the crappy cables might have connectors that easily break etc, but when you dont disconnect every day there is no reason to buy expensive cables.
Reason is that in digital world there are only 2 states, 1 and 0. In analogue its from -Inf to +Inf (in theory). When a digital cable outputs 0.7V its still clearly 1 while in analogue it will actually give different results.
aaah yeah I had read that too, using VGA is a double analog<>digital conversion (with the logical potential loss)... Yeah, I think I'll just give DVI a try. I can always go back to VGA in case I don't like it (can't see it happening, but you never know). Thanks for all the info Chris