Do I need digital video output for my LCD monitor?

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I can't agree more, though I find it interesting that I've hooked up a high-quality Sony 19" LCD to my G5 Mac using both a VGA and DVI cable and cannot see ANY difference whatsoever. Even when the VGA line goes through a switch box.

now i have nvidia geforce 6800 ultra 512mb graphic card. and i have analog o/p monitor
so i am trying to upgrade it. when i was searching for the answer i read a message in a magazine saying that for digital o/p the monitor comes with a dvi card. so how can i make my monitor to connect to my graphic card .

or my graphic card already supports dvi support for my digital o/p monitor.

please give me tips.

If your graphics card and your monitor both already support DVI, then they both have the additional digital vidio connector. You would simply connect them using the DV cable to that connector instead of the old style cable and connector.

I recently purchased an Olevia 37" LCD to play computer games, with the intent to hook up a new computer with a DVI-D connection to it. The TV has a VGA connection and an HDMI connection. Can I get a DVI to HDMI connection and run the DVI fromt the graphics card on the computer to the HDMI on the monitor? I was hoping that it would do this without converting the digital signal to analog.

I was told I can connect my 17" flat panel monitor to my digital cable box to use as a T.V. monitor is this true?

Thanks.

Yes, you can get a DVI to HDMI cable. I bought one through PCHCables.com for $13. HDMI is backwards compatible with DVI. The only difference is HDMI has more bandwidth, and transfers audio as well as video. There will be no loss going from a DVI source to HDMI output, although thats not true going the other way around.

I am trying to get a HD DVR Cable box (Motorola) to work with a 20 in. widescreen LCD monitor with only a VGA and DVI input.
Nothing seems to work. THe cable Techs and help desk say that there needs ot be a Tuner in the monitor. Is this true?
I have another HD Cable box with HDMI output would a HDMI to DVI cable work? Any advice would be appreciated.

My monitor has the dvi plug but the computer has only an analog plug can I get a card that I can install to do this .My computer not only says the monitor is operating in analog put that it is a crt set. Isthis normal??

You need a new video card that has a DVI output.

my video card is a Nvidia nx7800gtx from MSI and my LCD is a Samsung LN-R237W. i recently bought a HDMI/DVI Monster Cable when i plug it from my video card to my lcd theyrs no images/sound.
what do i have to do???

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