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    From Ben Ritchey@1:393/68 to All on Thu Jun 28 18:22:25 2018
    Hi All,

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it) over a 15-pin VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(


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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Ben Ritchey on Thu Jun 28 20:47:32 2018
    On 28 Jun 18 18:22:25, Ben Ritchey said the following to All:

    Hi All,

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it) over a 15-pi VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(

    What refresh rate?

    Nick

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  • From Paul Quinn@3:640/1384 to Ben Ritchey on Fri Jun 29 10:48:00 2018
    Hi! Ben,

    On 28 Jun 18 18:22, you wrote to All:

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it) over a 15-pin VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(

    Yes. I've been doing it on my Ubuntu-driven Dell (Inspiron?) 560, downstairs,.. for nearly eight years. Got some beautiful screenshots of the desktop from it too. :)

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From Ben Ritchey@1:393/68 to Nick Andre on Thu Jun 28 21:03:11 2018
    * An ongoing debate between Nick Andre and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it)
    over a 15-pi VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(
    What refresh rate?

    60Hz


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  • From Ben Ritchey@1:393/68 to Paul Quinn on Thu Jun 28 21:04:04 2018
    * An ongoing debate between Paul Quinn and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it)
    over a 15-pin VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(
    Yes. I've been doing it on my Ubuntu-driven Dell (Inspiron?) 560, downstairs,.. for nearly eight years. Got some beautiful screenshots
    of the desktop from it too. :)

    Cool, thanks! Didn't want to damage the monitor or anything :)


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  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12.73 to Ben Ritchey on Fri Jun 29 16:38:54 2018

    On 2018 Jun 28 18:22:24, you wrote to All:

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it) over a 15-pin VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(

    sure! why should a VGA cable stop you? i'm doing 1600x1200 over exactly that type of connection...

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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ben Ritchey on Sun Jul 1 09:08:00 2018
    Ben Ritchey wrote to All <=-

    Anyone know if I can do 1920x1080 rez (the display will do it) over a 15-pin VGA cable (cpu to monitor)? No hdmi or Dvi :(

    You can, but the signal isn't the greatest. I've been swapping out analog
    VGA cables at work on 27" monitors for DVI or DP to HDMI and seeing a great improvement.



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  • From Ben Ritchey@1:393/68 to Kurt Weiske on Sun Jul 1 14:39:38 2018
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    * On Sunday 01 Jul 2018 182 at 09:08 AM,
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    * about Re: VGA ...
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    Ok, thanks. Monitor will do HDMI and DVI but laptop only VGA (old one)


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  • From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to Ben Ritchey on Sun Jul 1 18:01:54 2018
    Re: Re: VGA
    By: Ben Ritchey to Kurt Weiske on Sun Jul 01 2018 02:39 pm

    Ok, thanks. Monitor will do HDMI and DVI but laptop only VGA (old one)

    They do make USB video adapters, but it might not be worth the hassle/cost. Your mileage may very, I'm picky about my monitors.
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