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DVI cable from NCIX is dirt cheap, most likely the lowest quality cable.
Well if it's NCIX that you're buying from don't bother asking anything there, GREG doesn't know jack $H1T about hardware, well he knows more than the average guys at FutureShop/BestBuy, but that's not saying much now is it.
I don't know anything about powered repeaters, I'll google that after this. If it has to be in the middle of the connection though I'll probably just rule out the whole thing altogether.
Just did a quick google to find a model for you to check, and here's a quick blurb, and really cool it has a demo of the sparkles I was talking about (I'm bookmarking it because it'll help in future explanations 8) );
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_11_4/gefen-hdtv-repeater-10-2004.html
I was looking to run the cables descretely in a guided track under the mouldings around the room, if I've got to break that track and have some big ugly block thing (presumably with a power cord hooked up to it to) and then run it back into the track it'll look silly. If it could be placed say at the start of the run or even after 15ft of cable I could work it.
Yep you could do that because the repeater also works as an amplifier/extender, and thus gives you a little better distance than just the DVI output alone, probably be fine around the 25-30 ft range.
If you could get higher resolutions with VGA I would use that, but if I remember correctly VGA caps @ 1340x768, which is a little killer to look at on that size of screen.
VGA/DB-15 connectors/cable have a much higher limit than DVI in fact they go to and beyond 2500x1600 (I run 1920x1440 at home [and run 19x14 at work via DVI-A to my P260]), but the longer the cable the more susceptable higher resolutions are to noise, and the more important quality shielded cables are to maintain singal integrity (DVI cable quality more about resistance and singal loss, VGA more about outside EMF noise etc). Probably the 13x7 resolution you're thinking of is the PC native resolution for 720P HD which is 1366x768, but it's not a function of the VGA/DB-15/Dsub output/cable.
I've read of people getting crystal clear pictures on their LCD TVs through VGA though, but when I tried it with my Viewsonic 32" it looked horrid and barely readable regardless of the resolution I set it to. Not sure if this is thanks to my card being older or just the TV itself.
I have a feeling you're running the monitor outside of native resolution, but I could be wrong. I'm not sure which you have but the two from Viewsonic's site that I found are;
http://www.viewsonic.com/support/desktopdisplays/lcdtv/n3200w/
http://www.viewsonic.com/support/desktopdisplays/lcdtv/n3250w/
1366x768 like I mentioned earlier, and not the 1920x1080 of the Westinghouse you mention at the beginnig of the thread, so if the Viewsonic were set anywhere outside of the 1366x768 then it's be an issue.
I was planning to use the Westy pretty much just to watch videos from my computer. I was thinking of playing a FPS on it maybe since I got a really nice wireless mouse/keys combo packaged with the Dell 24". This definitely not a priority though seeing as how I haven't had time for PC games since last winter, and I don't see myself playing them anytime soon. I wanted to keep it an option but that being said it's certainly no requirement. I don't need the Westy to do all my computing, I would balance more specific tasks on the Dell and whatever else on the Westinghouse.
Really, once setup you should be able to do whatever you want with them, you may experience a little ghosting due to the typically slower response time of larger panels, but at a distance it won't be as much of an issue at 1 ft away from a 19".
Do you think it would be ok to hook the Westy 37" (maybe 42", once I find out if the 42" is as solid as the 37" quality wise) through VGA at a distance like that if it were just for movies and possibly games maybe? (would like to prepare for that option).
Like I said should be fine once you've got it setup correctly. The distance is a problem that can be fixed, but obviously at a price (either a repeater/extender or quality cable). IMO if you have the option go with the DVI, the only problem is if BOTH monitor are a long way away then you need two of these solutions, but if it one close to the PC and one far away then it's a little easier. ALSO IMO a DVI repeater is a more future lookng slution you'll likel get more mileage out of even after a future upgrade, whereas a better quality VGA cable doesn't have much future, or even resellability IMO.
Come to think of it I'd definitely fire up DOOM 2 on that bad boy, don't think it'd have much of a problem there though
I think Doom3 would be better, with the lights off and the surround sound cranked using the DolbyLive output. 8)
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