DVI CRT Monitors?

[Speedy3D!]

I've been hearing about some CRT monitors with DVI connectors but have been unable to locate any. Does anybody have any information about this, and whether or not the DVI input makes much of a difference for CRT monitors?

Thanks,

 

[Yoshi]

Never seen one, as far as I know they don't exist. It kinds seems pointless that they would since virtually every video card on the market has built in DACs and analog VGA out. The only reason LCD's come with them is because they operate off a digital signal.

 

[luv2chill]

Hi,

I have an IBM P260 21" Trinitron monitor, and it has two inputs--the second of which is DVI-A. While it does use the white DVI connector, it is not a digital connection.

Put simply, DVI-I is set to become a standard monitor connector, because it is capable of outputting both digital and analog signals from the same connector. So for instance I have a Radeon 8500DV video card, which has a DVI-I connector on it. My IBM monitor plugs into that connector and uses the analog pins (the five on the right hand side, I think) to get the analog signal. If I plugged in a DVI-capable LCD display to the same connector, it would use the pins on the left side to get a digital signal.

I love this IBM monitor (the successor is already out, the P275, which can attain higher resolutions and refresh rates), and it's nice to be able to plug it straight in without needing a dongle. If 20" LCDs were cheaper I would switch just because DVI on an LCD is display perfection, but for now I'm happy with my Trinitron.

Hope that helps.

l2c

 

[HouRman]

How are DVI LCDs perfection compared to high quality CRTs? The colors are bright, but arn't the pixels larger than CRT pixels and the refresh rates not as high? The non-DVI lcds i've seen look like they have visible squares of color and the overal picture looks somewhat sparkly. Like if you look at a pixel with one eye, it looks different than with the other eye thus producing the twinkling effect.

That effect motivated me to buy a CRT with smaller dot pitch, high refresh resolutions at a cost of size. Oh, and I don't have a DVI video card.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Yes, the new Iiyama Vision Master Pro 453 (won the Editor's Choice) is the first, but the review in the English computer magazine PCW said it didn't work with two of their GeForce 3 cards, only the ATI, still won best of the 18 19" tested.