[mythtv-users] Why do they put VGA on Mother Boards anymore?

[Chris Ribe]

> Also, I don't think Dell sells anything with only analog out.
>

We got new desktop PCs for everyone here at work in December, and we went
with Dells.   The machines are Core 2 Duos with Intel G33 graphics chipsets,
i.e. reasonably powerful and modern systems.  Along with the computers we
ordered Dell 22" LCDs.

When the computers arrived, I was dumbfounded to discover that they only had
VGA outputs.  I was, frankly, a little bit pissed off.

The confusion and anger quickly disappeared as soon as I hooked up one of
the computers to one of the monitors.   The picture is perfect at
1680x1050.  For years I have been heavily biased against VGA connections to
LCD monitors because I have seen plenty of setups where using VGA instead of
DVI resulted in a slightly blurry picture.

Something has improved dramatically since then, though.  I don't know if it
is the graphics chip, the monitor, or some combination of the two that is
responsible, but there doesn't seem to be anything to be gained with a DVI
connection on the newest hardware.

Everyday,  I sit in front of two monitors at my desk.  Both are 1680x1050
22" LCD panels.  One is attached, via VGA, to one the new Dell PCs running
Ubuntu.  The other is attached, via DVI, to a macbook running OS X - nearly
identical hardware to the Dell.   The VGA driven monitor is about a year
newer than the DVI driven one, and it looks *better*.

-chris


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