Monitor cabling; was Re: OT: Hardware Trade

[Armin Hartinger]

The DSUB cable I have is the one which came with the screen. As it came together with a 21" Philips, I'd say that's probably as good as
they get.
BNC splits up into 5 cables which then connect to the screen with coax connectors. So less signal quality loss. Keep in mind that VGA is
an analog standard.

-Armin

sinck@ugive.com wrote:

> \_ Signals travelling through DSUB cables experience a higher signal
> \_ deterioration. Now why exactly, due to worse shielding or whatever,
> \_ I'm not sure.
>
> That's mighty curious since they presumably start from the same video
> out source/pin configuration, no?  Perhaps you have a
> faulty/inexpensive cable for DSUB and good/pricier one for BNC?
>
> \_ [..]
> \_ Btw... if you go BNC, get a screen where you can easily switch the
> \_ input source (like through a menu select). BNC or DSUB. Very
> \_ convenient. On my Philips 201P I have to walk around my desk to do
> \_ that.
>
> I knew there was a reason I liked that iiyama...an LCD menu on the
> front with the obligatory three button control set.  If you leave it
> in the right setting, a single press will pop the input select.  :-)
>
> David
>
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