PC DVI Cable question

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:16 pm

Am I going to notice any difference between a $12 DVI cable and a $25 DVI cable for my Samsung 930b 19" LCD?

Am I going to notice a difference going from the analog VGA cable to a DVI cable?

TIA!

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 9:23 pm

Am I going to notice any difference between a $12 DVI cable and a $25 DVI cable for my Samsung 930b 19" LCD?

No, not likely, assuming the $12 one isn't broken as designed. DVI, like most things digital, either works or it doesn't. If the cable's bad, you'll see it as no picture at all, or "sparkles" randomly over the screen (as bits are dropped/corrupted,) or areas of color "banding" or streaking, such as streaks of red where it should be, say, magenta. Suffice to say, if the cable isn't up to the task, there'll be no question about it.

Am I going to notice a difference going from the analog VGA cable to a DVI cable?

Perhaps. I don't know about your specific panel, but I've seen examples of good and bad. Some older (~2 yrs.) would always be a bit "fuzzy" with analog connection, but some of the newer panels have very good ADCs and controllers. On my Dell 20", I'm hard pressed to tell the difference between analog and DVI.

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 6:12 am

Great thanks alot, jim. You've been a huge help. Guess I'll just buy the $12 one!

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:45 pm

Should work fine.

tunis5000 · Post by **tunis5000** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 1:49 pm

M M M M MONSTER CABLE! No not really. I agree with Jim, I would get a DVI but I wouldn't worry about getting an expensive one...

rndmtask · Post by **rndmtask** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:02 pm

Ha thats exactly what I told the person at Best Buy when I complained they didn't have any cheap DVI->HDMI cables. Idiot still tried to argue that even with it being digital Monster was still going to give a better picture.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:27 pm

Best Buy has the greatest BS artists when it comes to trying to sell you stupid crap like monster cables or monster surge protectors.

Helped a friend buy a HDTV and the salesman tried to BS us into spending $100 (I kid you not) for special "monster"-type gold-plated component video cables. My reply? I'm not going to spend more money on the cables than I spend on the DVD player I am connecting to my HD TV. End of discussion.

Had some nice RCA patch cables in my audio kit that did the job just fine.

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 10:33 pm

Yah, BB has some freaking OUTRAGEOUS prices.. My brother in MD went there to buy some RAM and said they had Corsair for $109 for a 512MB stick of PC3200.. I told him the GOOD Corsair ram was on a website for almost $50 less. That's just crazy! So needless to say he ordered from NewEgg.. lol

rndmtask · Post by **rndmtask** » Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:18 pm

Well I think the most expensive monster cable I saw at BB was the 16 foot HDMI (or maybe it was DVI). That cable was $250, decent TV's don't cost that much.

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