CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 Is there really like an absolute big difference in the quality and/or looks between a vga and dvi monitor? because im a hardcore gammer and i just ordered a 19 inch flat screen LCD and its VGA only to where i thought it was either vga or dvi... will a 19" tft lcd VGA still look good? or at least better then your solid old style monitors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 A CRT monitor will always outperform an LCD (Flat Panel), DVI or not. The graphics are more crisp, bright, and sharp on a CRT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 so something like this is where its at huh? http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0461628&cs=19&c=us&l=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 A CRT monitor will always outperform an LCD (Flat Panel), DVI or not. The graphics are more crisp, bright, and sharp on a CRT. Flat panel monitors have gotten way better over the years and you should enjoy yours alot. It's just that so many LCD's tend to not be able to keep up very well with fast screen animations. Those are just my personal experiences/observations with LCD monitors. EDIT: By the way, DVI (Digital Visual Interface) is only available for flat panels, if I'm not mistaken. VGA is best for CRT's being thatit's and analog signal. I prefer flat panel CRTs personally... I can pick up jerkiness even on a fast LCD display... but I digress... DVI isn't always digital... there's digital and analog DVI... (at least I think that's how it goes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 so something like this is where its at huh? http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0461628&cs=19&c=us&l=en A bit expensive IMO... but yes, quite nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 so a monitor like that easily puts the 19" lcd tft monitor i just got in the trash? that being picture quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 so a monitor like that easily puts the 19" lcd tft monitor i just got in the trash? that being picture quality picture quality and response time? probably desk space? definitely not.... one of the main reasons I have dual 19" CRTs instead of LCDs is because I have the space for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 well desk space isnt that big of deal, even though tigerdirect is a great company i might end up returning that tft lcd and getting that since you say its probably better in picture and responce time, im tired of my games looking so depressed on my monitor, well that being also the punches its suffered from my fist from unreal tournament Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 I prefer flat panel CRTs personally... I can pick up jerkiness even on a fast LCD display... but I digress... DVI isn't always digital... there's digital and analog DVI... (at least I think that's how it goes) PHP DVI is always digital, no mater how you slice it. It was engineered to be pure digital. Its the same thing as HDMI, they are really the only true digital cables. coax cable is not digital, svideo is not digital, and componet is not digital. The only way a dvi is not digital, is if the source supplying the image is not digital. oh and organ_shifter just a heads up, LCD's are more crisp, sharp and brighter, then CRTs. now they are not as fast yet. but they are very close. I have a samsung with a 8ms responce time, and there is no ghosting on it at all when i play any game. Also LCD's just look a hell of alot better. especially if you get a UXGA panel. CaptainSauce if you don't want to hurt and kill your eyes get a lcd. you can look that them for ever and feel no strain in your eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 is 16Ms response time going to really irratate me if im a hardcore gamer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 is 16Ms response time going to really irratate me if im a hardcore gamer? you most likely not going to see any ghosting with 16ms how much do you wana spend on a monitor? here is a 17in samsung with 8ms responce time http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001072 and here is a 19in wiht 8ms responce time http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824001066 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 well i just purchased this because my mom got it for me for my birthday ( so im not complaining) it will be here tomorrow http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1561114&CatId=170 for 4 years now ive been using a 16 inch old crappy origional old school gay face monitor and this is my first monitor upgrade....so im sure it will please me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 well i just purchased this because my mom got it for me for my birthday ( so im not complaining) it will be here tomorrow http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1561114&CatId=170 for 4 years now ive been using a 16 inch old crappy origional old school gay face monitor and this is my first monitor upgrade....so im sure it will please me? thats a great monitor, don't worry about the responce time, you will not notice any ghosting with that. and you will have lots of fun gaming for hours on that. when you get pm me and let me know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 allright, will do, the only thing i really hear negitive about this one i purchased is the possiblity of dead pixels....even though im not as worried about it but that IS a possibility correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 allright, will do, the only thing i really hear negitive about this one i purchased is the possiblity of dead pixels....even though im not as worried about it but that IS a possibility correct? yes, but lcd's are made so good today hat you changes of getting one are less then .1% don't worry about that. they ship 1000's of laptops each day with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 that much i figured, allright thanks for all your help, i very much appreciate it, i got a testmy.net account last night and i have allready posted alot and learned alot its awesoem..that or im just anoying to everyone else, but yeah. ha you know alot about rgaphics cards//OC'ing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
organ_shifter Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 so something like this is where its at huh? http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A0461628&cs=19&c=us&l=en The 0.25 mm could be better, but it's ok. so a monitor like that easily puts the 19" lcd tft monitor i just got in the trash? that being picture quality I hate to say it but, in a nutshell, yes. I prefer flat panel CRTs personally... I can pick up jerkiness even on a fast LCD display... but I digress... DVI isn't always digital... there's digital and analog DVI... (at least I think that's how it goes) A flat screen CRT is my preference as well. oh and organ_shifter just a heads up, LCD's are more crisp, sharp and brighter, then CRTs. now they are not as fast yet. but they are very close. I have a samsung with a 8ms responce time, and there is no ghosting on it at all when i play any game. Also LCD's just look a hell of alot better. especially if you get a UXGA panel. Nah. I feel the exact opposite. Whenever I've played games on LCD's, the display wasn't as great and paled in comparison. However, the CRT's have always produced awesome graphics and been much better for me. As far as the DVI vs VGA: DVI is better than VGA for LCD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 Okay...so i got my x2gen 19" LCD TFT monitor and i just hooked it up and stuff and im in 1280 x 1040 resolution and icons on my desktop seem choppy and my picture doesnt seem as crisp and clear as i would have expected it to be? anyone got some feed back on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 update your graphics drivers, make sure that the connections are tight and remove speakers from the sides of the monitor... also make sure that there are no power cord crossing the div cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 im using VGA because this monitor isnt dvi ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted January 12, 2006 CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 either way.. make sure that there is not a power cord near the video cable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSauce Posted January 12, 2006 Author CID Share Posted January 12, 2006 allright, what effect does that have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PeePs Posted January 13, 2006 CID Share Posted January 13, 2006 I got my Viewsonic 3ms monitor and i noticed some blurriness, but after i did autoimage adjust via the bottons on the fron of the monitor it went away. Try that and hopefully it will adjust the bitter to better quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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