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It's crazy how crappy these monitor cables are that they sell at RatShack and Ofiice Depot. I bought one from each place trying to correct a little "fuzz" I was getting (basically ghosting). Neither of the cables (between $10-$20) fixed the problem.. I'm assuming this is because neither of the cables had toloids (those interference things). So I'm working on a computer at one of my clients places and they have a bad monitor, so I go to pick up another one, when I replace it, I see that it's got a HUGE FAT 15-pin cable, I ask if I can have it, "Sure, the monitor is dead." So I bring it home and BAM! No More ghosting.. Happy boy I am.. heh..

I use BNC so i dont have them problems.

Originally posted by Pugsley
I use BNC so i dont have them problems.

I did use BNC on my old 21", but this new one doesn't offer that option.. Only some proprietary SUN connector cable that's built into the monitor and 15pin.. So I had to go 15pin.. Got another 21" monitor coming soon to go with this one I hope.

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DVI

There are 2 issues with monitor cables. Shielding and noise rejection.

The torroid (it's called an RFI Choke) prevents radio frequency interference (RFI) from traveling up or down the cable. RFI can come from external sources like a flourescent light fixture ballast transformer, or a cell phone. The computer itself also generates RFI which can travel into the monitor and cause problems.

Shielding prevents RFI from entering the cable externally - a cable tends to act like a radio antenna with shielding.

Rule of thumb is that the thicker the cable, the better the shielding. Thin cables use a foil wrapper as the shield while a heavy cable uses a thick wire braid.

Whenever I toss out an old monitor I always salvage the cable if it's removable, and it's thick. You never know when it might come in handy.

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
There are 2 issues with monitor cables. Shielding and noise rejection.

The torroid (it's called an RFI Choke) prevents radio frequency interference (RFI) from traveling up or down the cable. RFI can come from external sources like a flourescent light fixture ballast transformer, or a cell phone. The computer itself also generates RFI which can travel into the monitor and cause problems.

Shielding prevents RFI from entering the cable externally - a cable tends to act like a radio antenna with shielding.

Rule of thumb is that the thicker the cable, the better the shielding. Thin cables use a foil wrapper as the shield while a heavy cable uses a thick wire braid.

Whenever I toss out an old monitor I always salvage the cable if it's removable, and it's thick. You never know when it might come in handy.

That, I assume, would be exactly the case here FP. I was using a thin monitor cable (not much bigger than a keyboard cable). The one I'm using now is well over twice the size, about the size of a normal monitor cable that you'd find "attached" to the monitors. I'm just glad that I got rid of the extra shadows. It's nice for the mouse cursor to only have one shadow instead of 4 lol..

Viperoni, DVI isn't an option here, or it would have been chosen.

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