Xposted.

Just been looking at getting a LCD flat-panel monitor to replace my aging
but still OK analogue Compaq 171FS CRT monitor.

Now my Nvidia graphic card has a *digital* DVI output designed to drive
digital flat-panel monitors, as well as a normal analogue VGA output. And
AFAIK quite a few other cards including cheaper ones, also have a DVI
output.

So I goes to the local computer emporium/superstore. They have a nice
selection of about 15 or so digital LCD flat-panel monitors, but only one
has a *digital* DVI input, that being a rather expensive Iiyama 19in. The
rest have a normal analogue VGA input.

Why don't more of the manufacturers put a DVI as well as an analogue
input on these monitors ?

Because the way I see it, converting digital to analogue(VGA) and back to
digital again is going to be losing quality, and somewhat defeats the
object of having a *digital* monitor in the first place.

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Michael Turner
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