LCD monitor question / adding second montor
Jack Honeycutt
jhoneycutt at qwest.net
Thu Oct 2 21:00:08 PDT 2003
At 09:36 PM 10/2/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>However, at the higher end, no LCD can reasonably match the performance
of a professional quality CRT.
I agree. That is also the finding of the tests that were done in PC Magazine.
>As to whether to get an LCD with digital vs analogue interface, it depends
>on what you have and what you want to do. If your video card has digital
>output and you plan to buy an LCD, then it's worth the extra bucks to get
>an LCD with a digital or dual interface; with a digital interface, the
>video signal does not go through a DAC prior to being fed to the monitor,
>and you can expect a briskier response.
I also agree. The video card I am running under Jaguar 10.2.6 (ATI Radeon
7000) has two jacks on the back. One for a standard VGA monitor, and the
other is a digital output for a LCD screen. The PCI ATI card sells for
between $100 and $125.
jack
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