Is DVI that much better than regular analog for displays?

[Gunnar]

I am thinking of dropping the extra cash for a DVI capable LCD instead of just the regular analog input. Is there a good deal of improvement? Especially in the edges of characters and color representation?

I went to bestbuy, and I saw all the LCDs there, and I wasn't too impressed with the LCDs, a lot of the video seemed blurry at best. I was thinking that this may be due either a poor quality signal or the analog input of the LCDs. Either way, its something that I want to avoid like the plague, it makes my eyes very tired.

Overall, I want to get a display that will allow me to keep on viewing for hours on end without getting a headache or causing my eyeballs to roll back into their sockets. I was thinking of the Samsung 955 CRT, but now Im thinking an LCD might be better than an electron gun pointed at your face.

 

[Dre]

The blurring is caused by high latency time. Go with a Dell 1800fp LCD (or samsung 18.1" LCD which is the same as the dell) or a Planar 17.4" LCD and you won't have that problem. All of these LCD's can be bought at Dell. I've seen the Dell 1800fp for as low as $430.00+tax shipped.


Dell 1800FP LCD

Looks like it's not on sale anymore. Check the "hotdeals" forum to find deals on the LCD's

 

[foofoo]

hi,
from my experience going from a crt to an lcd made my eyes much happier. the refresh scan "blinking" of the crt just got to me after a few hours. there is none of this on a lcd display. also, the picture seen on large store displays is typically a bad (split many ways and multi-dropped) analog signal that doesnt show the true display quality. that being said, i can definitely see a quality difference between the analog and digital inputs on my samsung 171p and the dvi is definitely superior. get a dvi input lcd with good contrast and brightness specs and good risetime and you'll be very much happier, especially if you are having viewing problems now with a crt.
good luck