Analog vs. DVI: Major difference?

Hey guys,

I've basically decided on buying the W3J and will be picking one up ASAP.

One little question I have that is holding me back on the purchase is the lack of DVI on the W3J.

I plan on buying a 20 inch widescreen LCD with 8ms response time etc. I've heard conflicting reports on the pro's of DVI vs Analog.

I remember reading a while back that any real difference is barely noticable. Is this true? Would watching DVDs and playing games show any noticable image quality problems?

I tried looking for topics on this subject but couldn't find any so I apologise if this question has been asked already, but I really need to know!

As always, thanks for the great help you guys give!

Cheers.

 

i've heard mixed review but i also did my research on this and i bought a DVI monitor just for the sake of having it and it was a good price.

Mostly people have said you can only really notice the difference when it comes to text. the text seems sharper but personally i don't notice anything. also with dvd playback and such it all seems the same to me. the differences are probably very minimal for everyday use such as dvd playback, viewing web pages...etc.

perhaps its more noticeable when you do graphics design stuff but i don't do that so....

 

For normal use, I can't tell the different, we tested monitors on regular and DVI with a couple notebooks and docks. With graphics though, you might be able to tell. Gaming, I honestly don't know. You want to be sure the native resolution of the monitor is supported by the notebook though in either case.

 

I run a tech bench. I have stuff moved back and forth and sitting on DVI or DVI with VGA converter on my monitors all the time. While I haven't been playing any games on it, I see no real difference between the two.

 

Thanks for the quick responses guys!

I thought the same as well. I imagine you'd only really need the DVI if you were doing graphics work etc.

Well W3J here I come!

 

I guess that we all see things differently but to me ESPECIALLY on 20-23 " monitors with higher resolution, DVI is FAR superior than analog VGA. As far as technical specifications it is "off the map" better. DVI si the digital "cousin" to LVDS which is the digital display cicuitry if you will on the laptop that you are looking at now. And LVDS is also much better than Analog. If you are at XGA resolution you probably wont see a difference- but the bigger the screen or higher the res- DVI is better. Also DVI connector projectors are about 50% clearer than VGA connected ones.