07-13-2015, 01:13 AM
(07-13-2015, 01:11 AM)Surge Wrote:It's the same thing! And likely developed by the same people, too.(07-13-2015, 01:08 AM)Jim_Clonk Wrote: Noooo. We are talking about the DVI connectors. There is DVI-I which carries both analogue and digital signals, and DVI-D which carries only digital signals.I'm sticking with my theory that the DVI-I folks weren't aware of DVI-D or just didn't want to make their product compatible with the competition. Then it blew up in their faces.
Having a DVI-I output makes sense as you can connect either a DVI-D cable to extract the digital signal; Or ,with an adaptor, a VGA cable to extract analogue signals.
Having a DVI-I input on a monitor does not make sense as it would only be able to use one signal anyway.
Thus monitors only have DVI-D ports, usually.
Problem is: You can't connect a DVI-I cable to a DVI-D port.
So why do we need DVI-I cables if you can't connect them to anything?