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    Acer Port Replicator with DVI

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by agentcooper, Aug 26, 2005.

  1. agentcooper

    agentcooper Newbie

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    Greetings,

    I have a TM800LCi. Love it. 0 problems in 2.5 years, one awesome machine.

    I just bought a Dell 2005FPW. What a beauty. I knew going in that connecting to an LCD through VGA would be kinda crappy. My lab has a new Dell GX280 with a 1703FPt connecting via VGA and it looks very good actually, so I thought my Acer would look good on the 2005FPW. It's ok but not as sharp as I'd like, nor as comparitavely good as the Dell desktop. I compared a text doc and a photo on the Acer to a Powerbook, which has DVI. The sharpness is very evident via the DVI (duh).

    My question is, does anyone know of a port replicator that has a DVI connector that I can buy? My current dock (III?) only has VGA.

    Also, I have no problem modding my Acer so if anyone knows of whether I can replace my VGA connector with a DVI, I'd appreciate it.

    Thanks!
     
    agentcooper, Aug 26, 2005
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Well, I don't think there's any way if you can mod the Acer to have a DVI.

    I know you can get a VGA to DVI converter adapter, but that wouldn't increase the quality....

    The new Acer's have the docking port for the Acer ezDock - that has a DVI port on it. For yours, I think only the old replicatior is avaliable....
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 29, 2005
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