I have a Dell LCD flat-screen monitor using what Dell refers to as a
'digital DVI-D' input.  Can I use that in conjunction with a LinkSys
monitor switch which supports 'VGA, SVGA, and MultiSync with DDC, DDC2
and DDC2B'?

I have no idea what DDC means ..

Michael2

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Clarification of Question by michael2-ga on 10 Sep 2004 14:35 PDT

The switch is a LinkSys ProConnect 4-Station CPU switch, SVIEW04 ver 2

Hi michael2,

You can't connect the monitor to the switch box directly, but you can
buy additional hardware to make the connection work.

The monitor requires a digital signal and the CPU switch puts out an
analog signal, so you need more than just an adapter to make physical
connections of the right wires:  you need a converter.

For background on DVI-D interfaces, see:

http://www.ati.com/support/connectors/monitorconnectors/dvidconnections.html

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/dvi/dvicabletypes.htm

Such converters are available, but they are not cheap.  For example,
Gefen Inc. has one for $299.

http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1310

The TV One Model 1T-VGA-DVI looks like it also will do the job.

http://www.tvone.com/1t-dvi-vga.shtml

There may be other such products.  I did not survey the market in
detail because that didn't seem to be within the scope of the question
and I don't know if you even want to spend that much money to make the
interface work.


Additional Link

A discussion of a similar problem, with links to the Gefen box from
various retailers.

http://www.spymac.com/forums/showthread.php?ppp=10&threadid=109402&sthreadid=&c=0


Search Strategy

dvi vga

dvi-d

dvi-d vga adapter

dvi-d converter "from analog" OR "from vga"

vga to dvi converter


If you need any further information, please ask for a clarification.

--efn

Thanks.  Excellent answer.  No, you're right, I wouldn't want to spend
that sort of money on getting this to work.

Regarding the meaning of DDC, DDC2, etc., this should help:

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=4srv2a%2436c%40fcnews.fc.hp.com&output=gplain