Input Connectors

Looking at monitors and found 2 with identical specs except for the connectors as follows.

-15pin D-Sub & DVI-D connector
-15pin D-Sub & DVDI-D connector
I know that the 15pin is standard analog and the other is digital but I'm lost after that.

Have found a good explanation on the DVI-D but can find nothing that explains the details about a DVDI-D connector.

What is the difference and is one better than the other?

TIA!

 

Greetings,

DVI connectors come in two flavours, DVI-D and DVI-I.

DVDI-D is digital only and DVI-I also supports analogue connections.


http://www.hometheaterfocus.com/images/content/dvi.gif

 

Thanks for the reply insomniac! I'm still a tad confused though on which way to go here...maybe it's this killer headache or maybe it's just one of those things that's not sinking in

The monitors I'm looking at come with the DVI-D or the DVDI-D connector along with the standard analog but I would prefer to go with the digital. My vid card has the 15pin analog which I'm using now and the DVI-I connector so...am I correct in thinking that neither one of the above will work with my vid card?

 

they will. i think what insomniac is trying to say is that both will support pure digital outputs, which is exactly what you're looking for. basically, if it's a computer lcd monitor you're looking at, and you have dvi out on your video card, then it'll work.

 

Thanks Strogg..but with the difference in the connectors..mine having the 4 pin off to the side and the dvi-d having the single flat pin in the center I assume I would need a female (dvi-d) to male (dvi-i) adaptor to get it all hooked up and then I'd be good to go?