1920 x 1080 22" monitor: Digital Vs Analog?

HookeyStreet · Feb 1, 2010, 07:37 PM

My bro-in-law wants a new 22" monitor. He can get an analog (VGA) LG TFT for £130 or the same monitor (nearly) but with digital inputs (HDMI/DVI-D) for £190. Both monitors are 1920 x 1080 and he would be running his gaming system on it that has an HD5850 installed.

So what Im wondering is should he spend the extra cash on the digital? (personally, I thought yes)

erocker · Feb 1, 2010, 07:39 PM

I may be wrong, but doesn't it have to have a digital signal to be HDCP compliant?

HookeyStreet · Feb 1, 2010, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erocker

I may be wrong, but doesn't it have to have a digital signal to be HDCP compliant?

I think it does.

EchoMan · Feb 1, 2010, 07:44 PM

Get Digital, no sense buying hardware these days that isn't going to make use of the present standards. Erocker yes that's true.

HookeyStreet · Feb 1, 2010, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EchoMan

Get Digital, no sense buying hardware these days that isn't going to make use of the present standards. Erocker yes that's true.

Exactly what I thought. The beasty HD5850 has an HDMI port so why not make the most of it

Feb 1, 2010, 07:37 PM	#1
HookeyStreet Eat, sleep, game! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Great Yarmouth, England Posts: 5,321 (1.67/day) Thanks: 614 Thanked 530 Times in 430 Posts	1920 x 1080 22" monitor: Digital Vs Analog? My bro-in-law wants a new 22" monitor. He can get an analog (VGA) LG TFT for £130 or the same monitor (nearly) but with digital inputs (HDMI/DVI-D) for £190. Both monitors are 1920 x 1080 and he would be running his gaming system on it that has an HD5850 installed. So what Im wondering is should he spend the extra cash on the digital? (personally, I thought yes) __________________

System Name:	XBOX 360 Elite
Processor:	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Motherboard:	Jasper (sweet, cool at last)
Cooling:	Nidecs Double Fan
Memory:	700MHz 512 MB GDDR3 + 10MB Embedded DRAM
Video Card:	500 MHz ATI Xenos
Hard Disk:	Fujitsu 120GB SATA
Optical Drive:	12x LiteOn DVDROM / Toshiba HD-DVDROM
CRT/LCD Model:	42" LG LG5000 1080p LCD TV
Case:	Black XBOX 360
Sound Card:	32 Bit Multi-channel Surround Sound
PSU:	150W
Software:	NXE Dashboard
Benchmarks:	CPU Game Math Performance: 9.6 billion dot product operations per second + more....

Processor:	Intel i7 3770K @ 4.6ghz 1.256v
Motherboard:	Asus Maximus V Formula
Cooling:	Water
Memory:	2x4gb Patriot Viper 2133mhz 10-11-10-25 2T 1.55v
Video Card:	Sapphire HD 7970 1125/1575 1.14v
Hard Disk:	Crucial M4 128Gb / Corsair Force 3 120Gb / Samsung 240Gb / 2Tb Seagate
Optical Drive:	None
CRT/LCD Model:	Acheiva Shimian 27" IPS 2560x1440
Case:	Corsair 500R White
Sound Card:	Onboard
PSU:	NZXT Hale90 1Kw
Software:	Windows 8 x64

System Name:	XBOX 360 Elite
Processor:	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Motherboard:	Jasper (sweet, cool at last)
Cooling:	Nidecs Double Fan
Memory:	700MHz 512 MB GDDR3 + 10MB Embedded DRAM
Video Card:	500 MHz ATI Xenos
Hard Disk:	Fujitsu 120GB SATA
Optical Drive:	12x LiteOn DVDROM / Toshiba HD-DVDROM
CRT/LCD Model:	42" LG LG5000 1080p LCD TV
Case:	Black XBOX 360
Sound Card:	32 Bit Multi-channel Surround Sound
PSU:	150W
Software:	NXE Dashboard
Benchmarks:	CPU Game Math Performance: 9.6 billion dot product operations per second + more....

System Name:	XBOX 360 Elite
Processor:	3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon
Motherboard:	Jasper (sweet, cool at last)
Cooling:	Nidecs Double Fan
Memory:	700MHz 512 MB GDDR3 + 10MB Embedded DRAM
Video Card:	500 MHz ATI Xenos
Hard Disk:	Fujitsu 120GB SATA
Optical Drive:	12x LiteOn DVDROM / Toshiba HD-DVDROM
CRT/LCD Model:	42" LG LG5000 1080p LCD TV
Case:	Black XBOX 360
Sound Card:	32 Bit Multi-channel Surround Sound
PSU:	150W
Software:	NXE Dashboard
Benchmarks:	CPU Game Math Performance: 9.6 billion dot product operations per second + more....

Feb 1, 2010, 07:39 PM	#2
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 31,930 (12.78/day) Thanks: 2,789 Thanked 12,304 Times in 7,823 Posts System Specs	I may be wrong, but doesn't it have to have a digital signal to be HDCP compliant?

Feb 1, 2010, 07:44 PM	#4
EchoMan Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 72 (0.06/day) Thanks: 4 Thanked 10 Times in 7 Posts	Get Digital, no sense buying hardware these days that isn't going to make use of the present standards. Erocker yes that's true.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
1920*1080@75Hz	Xipo	General Software	14	Apr 18, 2010 04:53 PM
I need a good 1920 x 1080 Windows 7 wallpaper	HookeyStreet	General Software	16	Oct 5, 2009 07:22 AM
2x 4770 Crossfire for 1920 x 1080 resolution?	aquax	AMD / ATI	12	Jun 19, 2009 01:00 PM
1920 X1200 vs 1920 X 1080	pentastar111	General Hardware	70	Feb 13, 2009 12:06 AM
$120ar 19" HC-194D Analog Digital LCD Monitor Black @ PC Connection	Peter949	Hot Deals	1	Jul 14, 2006 08:39 AM