What is the max DVI resolution and what's the max S-video resolution? anyone knows?

2/28/2006 11:46:31 PM

i didn't realize they had max resolutions, they are two different interfaces, all depends on the monitor hardware i thought

i would say for most cases, go with DVI

[Edited on February 28, 2006 at 11:51 PM. Reason : .]

2/28/2006 11:51:08 PM

DVI is usually a much better way to go than svideo if you have a choice.

with svideo I think it's usually 640x480 but maybe as high as 1024x768?

DVI can go much higher.

It really depends on what your source is and what your destination is depending on what you want to chose though... but usually if it's an option, I'd say go with DVI.

[Edited on February 28, 2006 at 11:59 PM. Reason : ]

2/28/2006 11:54:23 PM

dvi: digital.. max resolution usually depends on the source and destination.. but the max is 1920x1080
(unless you get into dual-link which is much higher..

s-video: analog connection.. max resolution is really the max resolution of the destination. for most tv's that is 1024x768.. i'm sure the cable can support higher.. but usually devices don't go that high on that connection.

[Edited on March 1, 2006 at 12:02 AM. Reason : ]

2/28/2006 11:56:01 PM

wow.

People if you don't know, don't answer.

DVI hasn't hit it's limit yet. The biggest I have yet seen are the 30" displays from Dell and Apple at 2560*1600 using a Dual Link DVI-D connector. But I'm sure it can go higher, if it hasn't already.

While s-video has no theoretical limit, any modern device you are going to use with it is going to output in 480i (aka 640*480). Anything over that is simply going to be downsampled to 480i.

Most non-hd televisions have a max resolution of, you guessed it, 480i. Although it's really not directly comparable.

If it's an HDTV, Plasma, LCD, DLP television, go with DVI.

[Edited on March 1, 2006 at 12:13 AM. Reason : forgot dvi]

3/1/2006 12:09:48 AM

it's just my roommates TV has both VGA and DVI and we cant deicide which cable to buy, vga or dvi, and i knwo dvi is way better, and even though it is an HD TV we couldn't decide if resolution wise it's worth buying a DVI cable, (30 ft), vga is considerably cheaper.

3/1/2006 2:32:57 AM

VGA is not the same as S-Video.

3/1/2006 4:33:00 AM

or hdmi if possible.

3/1/2006 11:28:02 AM

true, vga is much better than s-video.

DVI cables, also, are recommended to be kept under 6 ft in length. You can run into transmission problems with longer cables.

If it is truly a vga input, you might have good luck with that. AFAIK, it produces a great picture.

3/1/2006 11:51:10 AM

just tell us what you are wanting to do

3/1/2006 11:52:32 AM

what in the fuck do you need a 30 foot cable for?

3/1/2006 1:46:20 PM

dvi will transmit the the information digitally in binary sets where VGA will transmit it analog. If your talking about a computer outputting the imgaes, a computer does everything digitally so that means it will have to translate it to anolog which means loss of quality.

If you have a CRT that's anolog, if it's an LCD that'll be digital meaning it will have to be translated again back to digital which will make it slightly slower.

However, the bottom line is that the difference is so slight between using DVI and VGA that your generally not going to notice the difference unless the technology improves dramatically which isn't altogether unlikely. If it's worth the money to you personally to have a slightly sharper looking image, go with DVI.

3/1/2006 2:02:26 PM

wrong, wrong and wrong.

Being an LCD doesn't inherently mean it's going to have a DVI connection, in fact most LCD's are still analog only, which is retarded, but true.

And there is a HUGE difference between using DVI and VGA on a digital display.

Worthless first post.

3/2/2006 9:09:00 AM

^
why is that btw?

I went looking for an LCD monitor over the weekend thinking they'd have a DVI connection, and couldn't find one that did

[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 10:24 PM. Reason : btw that response was harsh ]

3/27/2006 10:23:34 PM

^
Depends on the age of the monitor. Dell offers a ton of analog only monitor for a reduced price from their nicer Ultrasharps. 90% of home users probably wouldn't know the difference and are happy with the reduced price/not having a 50lb+ beast on their desk.

And I agree with Noen ... what do you need a 30ft cable for? If you are trying to running it across the room to a TV, there are more options.

Btw, if Google isn't your best friend, Wikipedia is you second best friend.
S-video is 480i: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/480i
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvi#Specifications

Quote :

"Example display modes (single link): * HDTV (1920 × 1080) @ 60 Hz with 5% LCD blanking (131 MHz) * UXGA (1600 × 1200) @ 60 Hz with GTF blanking (161 MHz) * WUXGA (1920 x 1200) @ 60 Hz (154 MHz) * SXGA (1280 × 1024) @ 85 Hz with GTF blanking (159 MHz) # Example display modes (dual link): * QXGA (2048 × 1536) @ 75 Hz with GTF blanking (2×170 MHz) * HDTV (1920 × 1080) @ 85 Hz with GTF blanking (2×126 MHz) * WQXGA (2560 × 1600) pixels (30" LCD) "

[Edited on March 28, 2006 at 5:29 AM. Reason : .]

3/28/2006 5:28:39 AM

JUST GET DVI

3/29/2006 1:23:16 PM