Clear monitor on DVI, blurry on VGA input.
My hardware - Abit NF7 mb, 1 GB PC3200, Barton 2500+ oc'd to 2.2 (11x200), ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256 MB video card.
Monitor - Samsung Syncmaster 204B, almost 1 year old.
My monitor has a nice clear image when running the DVI video cable from my computer.
But I do some computer repair work on the side, and only have 1 monitor right now, so when I get a computer repair job I need to hook up my 4 port KVM switch and run my monitor on normal VGA cables, since the KVM has only VGA video ports.
When I do this, the monitor gets blurry. Not a lot, just a little, but enough to be distracting. Playing World of Warcraft at 1600 x 1200 like this is not a good idea, the blurry video is very distracting.
I was wondering if this is normal for trying to run a good LCD monitor on VGA cables, or not. If so, it really shows me the quality difference between VGA and DVI, but it could also have something to do with the $15 KVM I got off eBay a year or so ago.
I'll be picking up a second monitor for computer work, as having to swap around video cables like this is a pain, plus I can't play WoW while making extra money on computer work.
Monitor - Samsung Syncmaster 204B, almost 1 year old.
My monitor has a nice clear image when running the DVI video cable from my computer.
But I do some computer repair work on the side, and only have 1 monitor right now, so when I get a computer repair job I need to hook up my 4 port KVM switch and run my monitor on normal VGA cables, since the KVM has only VGA video ports.
When I do this, the monitor gets blurry. Not a lot, just a little, but enough to be distracting. Playing World of Warcraft at 1600 x 1200 like this is not a good idea, the blurry video is very distracting.
I was wondering if this is normal for trying to run a good LCD monitor on VGA cables, or not. If so, it really shows me the quality difference between VGA and DVI, but it could also have something to do with the $15 KVM I got off eBay a year or so ago.
I'll be picking up a second monitor for computer work, as having to swap around video cables like this is a pain, plus I can't play WoW while making extra money on computer work.
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I posted a long thing back on the old icrontic when I was having LCD troubles, and I did a comparitive bandwidth and featureset thingy. I can't find those resources right now, but DVI is better.
YAD, I cannot argue with your post. You are correct - DVI is definitely superior. But what Tim is describing is 90% likely due to the KVM. I've seen a number of what should be perfectly good VGA/AGP monitors on KVM looking like crap.
Tim, are you running an external power supply to that KVM, or are you depending on the PS2 inputs for power?
That's not a great setup, but the KVM is only in use to share the single monitor when I have a computer in here for work. Normally my main system has its own mouse monitor and keyboard all hooked up to the computer itself with no KVM.
Also, I normally run my LCD monitor on 1024 x 768 resolution, it only gets changed to 1600 x 1200 for playing WoW. And on 1024 x 768 it is still blurry.
What does a KVM need power for anyhow? Isn't it just a box that switches between different computers?
Then you can switch back and forth between channels for however many computers are connected to it.
Don't know if other KVMs are like that or not, this is the only one I've ever used.