I bought a flat panel analog monitor along with a new computer from Dell. I thought I was only going to use the computer to surf the net and word processing, but I actually got interested in games. Dell also sells a flat panel "UtraSharp" Digital Monitor. I've read mixed opinions. Some say there is no difference between analog and digital. So should I cough up some money for a digital monitor to enhance my game play. Is it worth the money?? Is the "UtraSharp" name misleading?
2006-07-13 20:52:52 · 8 answers · asked by Sandra101 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Digital monitors are superior to equivalent Analog Monitors. The first reason being color reproduction. Digital monitors don't suffer from the white washout that analog monitors tend to have. They also reproduce the actual colors properly and to a great accuracy then analog. But for gaming your real concern is with the pixel refresh rate of the monitor you are looking at. While LCD's have gotten a lot better, if your refresh rate is to slow you will see ghosting on your screen.
Ghosting is really annoying when you are playing fast games with a lot of motion. I would say any monitor in general that has a refresh of 9ms to 15ms is probably fine for gaming. Though I would check game site reviews of the monitor. I would also say look at www.newegg.com for a good selection of LCD's at a good price.
UltraSharp doesn't have to mean anything, it just has to be a bit better then their standard monitor. Just find a monitor with a good resolution 19" monitor should have atleast 1280x1024 native support. Hope this helps.
2006-07-14 17:28:35 · answer #1 · answered by ebrusky 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am currently using a LCD monitor that supports analog or digital. Digital is suppose to be better, so I use it since I have the option. I have tried analog and I cannot tell the difference between the two. Maybe someone else out there that is able to tell the difference?
2016-03-27 04:46:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When connected via an analog connection, an LCD is vulnerable to the same distortions that affect CRT monitors. However, when connected via a digital connection, often labeled DVI (for Digital Visual Interface), no digital-to-analog conversion is required, and there should be no loss or corruption of the signal. As a result, when running at its native resolution, an LCD should give you a cleaner and crisper image than you'd see on a CRT.
2006-07-13 21:04:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are major difference between digital and analog
-digital is like combination of 1 and 0 while analog like wave
better choise to use digital monitor because there are very accurate,efficience while there are more problem with analog
in older yer the people use analog but now the day is digital so used digital monitor
undestand lol....
2006-07-14 03:35:28 · answer #4 · answered by ketan patel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, there is no difference between a "TV" and a "monitor". ... the same
sources (same analog and digital video inputs) you will be using in-store, ...
2006-07-13 20:59:31 · answer #5 · answered by noor ahamed s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
analog uses streams of energy to process images. digital uses bits.
2006-07-13 20:56:27 · answer #6 · answered by keep_up_w_this 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will not see a difference in the monitors. The differences are only noticed on hi-tech test equipment. You eyes and brain will not notice a difference.
2006-07-15 22:31:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello, I am techical stuff in TURKEY.
Analog connect work AC Power and signal,
But digital connect pits and bytes.
2006-07-13 20:58:44 · answer #8 · answered by sos_pc_yardim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋