Analog or Digital

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black1
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Analog or Digital

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Hello all, im unfamiliar with the differences in analog and digital. I use analog on my computer now but not sure what that means. How do i go about changing from analog to digital: phone company (my dsl), cable tv company, computer plug ins, etc, etc. The reason why i wish to change is to get Matrox TH2GO digital for the bezel management which is new to the Digital version, is this possible and how do i go about this, thanks all.
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Analog or Digital

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Hi again. Analog TH2Go means using the old fashioned VGA connectors to the monitors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector
Using digital connections means hooking up the TH2Go with DVI cables, which is better and most modern GPUs (which you need to power TH2Go) have DVI connectors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVI_connector
And to get advantage of triple wide you need a dual link (which have more bandwidth) cable to go from the PC to the TH2Go...when you buy a unit a dual link cable is supplied anyway.
Have a look here: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/TH2Go_FAQ and here: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

So are you using DVI connectors on your current monitor or VGA? Also note that the best reslution for your 1600x1200 monitor will be 3x1280x1024 (i.e. 3x5:4 aspect)which will involve some distortion to fit in your 1600x1200 monitors (which are 4:3 aspect), I take it the monitors are CRTs not LCDs?
black1
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Analog or Digital

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Ok i am using VGA at the moment but have a digital cable hooked up, i just need the right dual connector link so it fits in the cpu, hope you understand what i mean. Can i buy this at a computer store to get digital?

Ok scratch that, i DO have a digital connector and im now using it fine, never new i could (im computer illiterate at these things). Thanks alot mate for your help, now i just need my other post looked at, thankks.
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