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Old 07-08-2006   #8 (permalink)
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Re: High Def tv as Monitor?

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Originally Posted by delig8dor
that seems easy enough. I understand the dvi output.
what do you mean by compatible lead?
I was told to get a cabel vga to dvi would work as well. what is vga?
There are 3 types of dvi connectors or formats: dvi-d, dvi-a and dvi-i. It depends really; if the monitor supports dvi-a or dvi-i input then you can use a vga to dvi cable, but if it only supports dvi-d then, no you cannot do this. See here for more info:
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

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Originally Posted by gregtherotterius
vga is what the older computers used for sending video signal to monitor, dvi,= digital video input? is digital. you need a cable that will adapt the vga type connector to a dvi connector.
I think it's a bit early to be saying that, vga type connector is still being used even on newer computers and I'm surprised that even some LCD monitors have only VGA input!
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