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| Slugworth:
--- Quote from: JDFan on September 11, 2014, 09:44:14 pm ---You said your monitor has several types of connectors -- Does one of them match the White one on the PC ( ie. does your monitor have a DVI connector ?) If it does you'd be better off just getting a DVI cable and using the DVI connector on both the Monitor and the PC as they are digital connections so are better quality than the analog VGA port. Here is an article that explains the various connections (biased toward TVs but will give you the info you need and the differences in them) http://www.cnet.com/news/hdmi-vs-displayport-vs-dvi-vs-vga-which-connection-to-choose/#! --- End quote --- Thanks for the link. The monitor does have a matching input, so I'll go ahead and order a DVI cable. Gotta love Amazon Prime. Thanks for the help everyone. |
| DaOld Man:
Strange. Paralell printer port but not a VGA port? |
| dkersten:
It is becoming more and more rare to find a VGA port on a computer, DVI and HDMI are more and more common, and now Displayport. I still see serial ports on business computers all the time, but parallel is pretty rare any more. I guess it makes sense, the OptiPlex line is supposed to be built primarily for business use, and a lot of point of sale computers still make heavy use of parallel and serial interfaces. If this user was in Montana I could help him out, I have about a dozen of those adapters, and probably 30 DVI cables just sitting around in a box, lol. Pretty much every monitor made in the past 8 years has come with both cables, and you only need one or the other, so I filled a box and once it was full I started throwing them away.. :( |
| nitrogen_widget:
I've picked up two 19" widescreen monitors at thrift stores with only VGA. kinda lame but for ~ $12 i'll happily make them work. |
| Slippyblade:
Thrift store scores rock. The Goodwill in my area has a half-off day every other Saturday and I score most of my parts from those. :cheers: |
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