Display Adapter Questions

[PT]

I just acquired a new 19 inch flat screen display. It has two wrinkles I've
never encountered on previous CRT or flat screen displays I've used:

1. It comes with both a normal 15 pin data cable, but also a "DVI cable.
Installation instructions are to install one or the other. I used the 15
pin. What is DVI?

2. It also comes with a USB cable which I connected up. None of my earlier
monitors used USB. What is its purpose?

 

[Harry Ohrn]

DVI - Digital Video Input. This is not intended to sound rude but didn't the
monitor come with a manual? Or you might want to visit the monitor
manufacturer's site and see what they have to offer.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


| I just acquired a new 19 inch flat screen display. It has two wrinkles
I've
| never encountered on previous CRT or flat screen displays I've used:
|
| 1. It comes with both a normal 15 pin data cable, but also a "DVI cable.
| Installation instructions are to install one or the other. I used the 15
| pin. What is DVI?
|
| 2. It also comes with a USB cable which I connected up. None of my
earlier
| monitors used USB. What is its purpose?
|
|
|
| --
| PT
|
|

 

[PT]

Unfortunately the Dell documentation is limited to a
bunch of pictures with short descriptions in about eight languages, and
nothing about the purpose of the USB. I'm happy with the monitor. I was
just curious about why I suddenly need USB input as well as the normal video
data. Usenet is quicker than calling Bangladesh.


--
PT
DVI - Digital Video Input. This is not intended to sound rude but didn't the
monitor come with a manual? Or you might want to visit the monitor
manufacturer's site and see what they have to offer.

--

Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


| I just acquired a new 19 inch flat screen display. It has two wrinkles
I've
| never encountered on previous CRT or flat screen displays I've used:
|
| 1. It comes with both a normal 15 pin data cable, but also a "DVI cable.
| Installation instructions are to install one or the other. I used the 15
| pin. What is DVI?
|
| 2. It also comes with a USB cable which I connected up. None of my
earlier
| monitors used USB. What is its purpose?
|
|
|
| --
| PT
|
|

 

[Bob Knowlden]

There may be other uses of USB on a monitor, but the one that I know of is:
the monitor has USB connectors on its base. It's a convenience.

It seems like DVI (Digital Visual Interface) ought to be better than an
analog DB15 connection, but don't count on it. (It may be worth a try, if
you have the cabling.)

Address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

 

[Jeff]

Hi,

The DVI is suppose to be better and faster for video image
transfer, if your video card supports it you can give it a
try and see if you get better performance. A lot of
hardcore gamers I hear are changing over to DVI instead of
the standard 15 VGA cable. As for the USB connection,
your Monitor might be acting like a USB hub, so you can
connect USB devices via the display instead of on the PC
itself.

Jeff

 

[Alex Nichol]

I just acquired a new 19 inch flat screen display. It has two wrinkles I've
never encountered on previous CRT or flat screen displays I've used:

1. It comes with both a normal 15 pin data cable, but also a "DVI cable.
Installation instructions are to install one or the other. I used the 15
pin. What is DVI?

It is a new purely digital means of connecting monitors, which with a
graphics card that also supports it, avoids the need to convert to an
analog signal and back. Especially good for LCD displays, because there
is an exact correspondence between pixels in the image to be displayed
and dot triads on the screen

2. It also comes with a USB cable which I connected up. None of my earlier
monitors used USB. What is its purpose?

If you look you will probably see USB sockets in its base - quite a lot
of monitors have a built in USB hub. Or it *may* have inbuilt speakers
that are driven digitally from a USB connection; check its manual