LCD monitor tip. - PhotoCamel

D.Rodgers · 09-15-2007

Here something I learned today .
I bought an Aopen monitor to improve my editing.
I asked for a good model for photos and was served well but after hooking it up at home I noticed the picture wasnt as great a the one in the store ??
Well after a bit of research ,I found out my dell pc didnt have a DVI video card,just the intel motherboard card(VGA).
ooops ,what this means in layman terms is if you have lcd and are using the old style vga connectors youre getting an analogue output,you need DVI to use you lcd effectivly .
Easy fix though buy a new card ..

JDArt · 09-15-2007

Absolutely. Very few LCDs are designed today to work optimally with a standard VGA connection. Use a DVI card if at all possible.

kevin_c · 09-17-2007

My card has both outputs, and out of interest I connected up the old 15 pin 'analogue' connector once and the image was not as clear as the DVI - So yes, it can make quite a difference

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D.Rodgers F1 Camel Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,427 CamelKarma: 1262 Editing OK?: No Gallery \| Blog	LCD monitor tip. Here something I learned today . I bought an Aopen monitor to improve my editing. I asked for a good model for photos and was served well but after hooking it up at home I noticed the picture wasnt as great a the one in the store ?? Well after a bit of research ,I found out my dell pc didnt have a DVI video card,just the intel motherboard card(VGA). ooops ,what this means in layman terms is if you have lcd and are using the old style vga connectors youre getting an analogue output,you need DVI to use you lcd effectivly . Easy fix though buy a new card .. __________________ __________________ Members don't see this ad. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Community, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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JDArt Camel Breath Location: Far out, man Posts: 12,944 CamelKarma: 1122 Editing OK?: Yes Gallery \| Blog	Re: LCD monitor tip. Absolutely. Very few LCDs are designed today to work optimally with a standard VGA connection. Use a DVI card if at all possible.
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kevin_c Guanaco Location: Dorset, England Posts: 342 CamelKarma: 79 Editing OK?: Ask first Gallery \| Blog	Re: LCD monitor tip. My card has both outputs, and out of interest I connected up the old 15 pin 'analogue' connector once and the image was not as clear as the DVI - So yes, it can make quite a difference __________________ __________________ Members don't see this ad. Register your free account today and become a member on PhotoCamel - Your Friendly Photo Community, gaining access to posting privileges, contests, free plug-ins and other downloads, unlimited online storage for your photographs, reviews, free marketplace listings, and much more.
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