VGA vs DVI

[DanLatimer]

I saw this and thought it was interesting and that others here might want to read it.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/monitor9.htm

 

[Professor]

Ummm... that's LCD vs. CRT not VGA vs. DVI.

 

[DanLatimer]

yeah thats what i ment vga=crt, dvi=lcd pretty much always

 

[georgi0u]

my 19'' acer uses a VGA(blue) input & its not even a month old...

 

[GhostEye]

my lcd also uses a vga connection. ur wrong bud

 

[DanLatimer]

my lcd also uses a vga connection. ur wrong bud

I said almost always, im aware that some lcds use vga.

the lcds that use vga take in the signol in analog then transform it to digital

 

[Praetor]

yeah thats what i ment vga=crt, dvi=lcd pretty much always

My CRT uses 5-channel BNC input Some use AUX, 4-port BNC and even seen a few 3port BNCs

 

[Modoman]

yeah thats what i ment vga=crt, dvi=lcd pretty much always

i have a 21"crt that has dvi btw

 

[TheChef]

yeah thats what i ment vga=crt, dvi=lcd pretty much always

So it doesn't hold true. A lot of lower end LCDs use the VGA (d-sub) input and high end CRTs sometimes use DVI. There are always exceptions.