pc to lcd

hk3948 · 21 Nov 2006 at 23:32

hey guys. just orerdered a toshiba 32 inch lcd, my first lcd. going to be using a lot as a monitor. after the best quality connection. not sure which cable to go for. only have a dvi and vga on back of gc. whch is best and which if any brands do you recommend.

thanks

fish99 · 22 Nov 2006 at 00:07

Need to find out what inputs the TV has. I think there are DVI-to-HDMI leads available. which would probably look the best. Some LCDTVs have VGA inputs too (not many though) which would save you buying any new leads.

Cyber-Mav · 22 Nov 2006 at 00:11

if you r telly has vga cable then thats the best to use.

hk3948 · 22 Nov 2006 at 00:15

i have to buy a new lead no matter what as have an old crt and the cable cant be disconnected at the back. the lcd has a pc input, its a vga input i think, also has hdmi. never thought of getting one of those cables though.any idea what kind of resolutions ill be able to achieve with this cable. native res of lcd is 1366x768

hk3948 · 22 Nov 2006 at 00:17

why is a vga the best to use.wouldnt a hdmi give a better picture or greater resolution options

hk3948 · 22 Nov 2006 at 21:32

guys, i really need an answer if anyone knows. would i be better off getting dvi to hdmi or dvi to vga to connect to my lcd and why

thanks

fish99 · 22 Nov 2006 at 21:48

First thing is - the VGA input on your LCDTV will only accept an analogue signal, so there's no point getting an expensive DVI-VGA lead since your graphics card will just detect it's connected to an analogue display and output an analogue picture through it's DVI output (it would still work of course, it just wouldn't gain you anything). You may just as well get a regular VGA lead and connect VGA to VGA. Just make sure it's rated up to the resolution you intend to use since the cheaper cables get blurry at high resolution.

In fact your video card probably came with a DVI-VGA adaptor, if you need the VGA output on your graphics card free for another analogue display.

The DVI-HDMI option does give a digital tranmission of the picture, so you're guaranteed the best picture quality, but in reality you probably won't see a difference between analogue and digital, and the cables are rather pricey.

I would just go with a VGA cable, assuming the LCDTV does indeed have a VGA input.

Be warned your PC won't support a resolution like 1366x768 without a little work. I believe you have to use powerstrip to make a custom resolution and even then some games may not support it. You might find you have to use something like 1280*768 in some games.

hk3948 · 22 Nov 2006 at 22:31

ive heard that there are some problems with my lcd at 1366x768 anyway, dont get 1:1 pixel mapping, so i was going to have it at 1280x768 anyway. cool, tbh, if the hdmi cable is going to offer a slighlt better pic, i might stick with that, not too much. **** be able to get a decent one for 20 maybe.