At 02:13 AM 15/01/2001 +0000, you wrote:
b stephen harding wrote:
what is the difference between these to monitor connectors BNC and D-Sub?
Physically, BNC cables ususally have 3, 4, or 5 connectors, consisting of separate red, blue, and green signals. The vertical and horizontal syncs are then spread over the remaining connectors (or on the green wire, if there's only 3 connectors).
The BNC cable is better for people needing higher resolutions and refresh rates, or those who need a long cable.
The BNC cable can allow a higher bandwidth to travel down the cable, improving the performance of the monitor. The signal is also transmitted `cleaner' and without cross talk. The longer the cable, the more degraded a signal can become, so it is advisable to use a BNC over a D-sub for long cable lengths. Basically, the BNC cable helps to increase the accuracy of the signals that are being transported from the graphics card to the monitor.
That's great. Just to clarify,most cables that come with monitors are D-sub, which are 3' in length. That is not much distance as far as signal loss, is it? I'm mean BNC wouldn't produce a really big difference over such a short distance even if you where to use the max. res. of 1600x1200 at 85Mhz? b stephen harding Black & White Rhino Press ---------------------------------------- "A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing." Jean-Paul Satre The Contemporary World