Do I need a DVI connector to get Digital Quality Picture?

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I just bought a digital LCD monitor to replace my flat screen analo
monitor, hoping it will get better picture quality. However, it come
with two connection cables. One is a VGA cable and the other is a DV
cable. I can only connect the VGA cable and USB cable to the back o
my computer. There isn't a DVI connector. I'm using a DELL Dimensio
E310. So am I screwed? Am I still getting Analog picture quality eve
though it's a digital monitor?

Also, is there a real diiference between analog and digital monitors
Don't give me technical data. Is there a noticable difference
 
soonpower said:
I just bought a digital LCD monitor to replace my flat screen analog
monitor, hoping it will get better picture quality. However, it comes with
two connection cables. One is a VGA cable and the other is a DVI cable.
I can only connect the VGA cable and USB cable to the back of my computer.
There isn't a DVI connector. I'm using a DELL Dimension E310.
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So am I screwed?
No.

Am I still getting Analog picture quality even though it's a digital monitor?
Yes.

Also, is there a real diiference between analog and digital monitors.
Don't give me technical data. Is there a noticable difference.
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Most cant pick the difference between using VGA and DVI with an LCD monitor.
 
I just bought a digital LCD monitor to replace my flat screen analog
monitor, hoping it will get better picture quality. However, it comes
with two connection cables. One is a VGA cable and the other is a DVI
cable. I can only connect the VGA cable and USB cable to the back of
my computer. There isn't a DVI connector. I'm using a DELL Dimension
E310. So am I screwed?
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You can't use DVI, but are you happy with the picture?
If you think it'll help to have DVI, you could buy a video
card with DVI output. Unless the monitor is high
resolution, you may not notice the difference. The
difference might be minimal at 1280x1024 but more the higher
you go, but, it also depends on the length and quality of
cables, whether you use a KVM switch, etc, etc... same
issues as with analog on CRT monitors.
Am I still getting Analog picture quality even
though it's a digital monitor?
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Yes, but analog picture on an LCD can be acceptible.
Also, is there a real diiference between analog and digital monitors.
Don't give me technical data. Is there a noticable difference.
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Yes, but since LCDs don't need a very high refresh rate, the
difference is mostly with higher resolution. It is a
hardware group and you didn't tell us about this LCD
hardware.
 
soonpower said:
I just bought a digital LCD monitor to replace my flat screen analog
monitor, hoping it will get better picture quality. However, it comes
with two connection cables. One is a VGA cable and the other is a DVI
cable. I can only connect the VGA cable and USB cable to the back of
my computer. There isn't a DVI connector. I'm using a DELL Dimension
E310. So am I screwed? Am I still getting Analog picture quality even
though it's a digital monitor?

Also, is there a real diiference between analog and digital monitors.
Don't give me technical data. Is there a noticable difference.
Click to expand...

I've never seen any appreciable quality difference. On account of the
VGA picture already being excellent, leaving little room for
improvement. VGA started in 1987, Neary 20 years ago. The
uber-technical name for the graphics standards have changed, but
everybody still calls that connector, and the graphics standard VGA.
 
Rod said:
Most cant pick the difference between using VGA and DVI with an LCD
monitor.
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I use a philips 170W4 and yes i did notice the difference in picture quality
it was a lot sharper with DVI than analog:: resolution 1280x768
 
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