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Sun 24.1" LCD monitor w/ Mac?
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Feb 28, 2005, 11:07 PM
 
Anyone ever hook up this monitor to a Mac? The specs say that it only accepts DVI-D connections (not DVI-I or DVI-A).

Anyone know what kind of DVI connection is on the Mac/PB's?

The monitor itself doesn't look too shabby:

http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub...or_24_LCD.html
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Mar 1, 2005, 09:34 AM
 
Quick DVI tutorial:

DVI-D means digital-only DVI.
DVI-I ("integrated") is DVI-D plus analog VGA signals.
DVI-A (analog-only) is not part of the DVI standard and actually shouldn't exist.

All of Apple's DVI ports are DVI-I ports, which can drive both VGA and DVI-D displays. (VERY few displays have DVI-I ports on them.) A DVI-D cable will plug into a DVI-I port with no adapter.

All but the most recent Apple machines have only single-link DVI, but only very few displays (like the 30" Cinema HD display) use dual-link DVI. Dual-link DVI is not two cables, but rather just uses all the wires in the connector (single-link only uses 1/2).

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Mar 1, 2005, 10:32 AM
 
Thanks, Tooki. Very helpful.
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