I have a really sharp Trinitron monitor which came with a decent quality video cable and text was sharp and clear. Recently I bought a new top-brand Geforce 4 Ti4800 video card and, after installing it, text became significantly ghosted. I later heard that the manufacturer used cheap parts which degrade the signal at high frequency (above 60Hz) when used in 2D (i.e. text) mode. I had to switch to 60 Hz to get sharp text, which still wasn't as sharp as it was with my previous graphics card running at 85Hz. Every step above 60Hz became increasingly ghosted. 85Hz and higher is much easier on the eyes, so I searched for a VGA cable to replace the one that I thought was pretty good. I decided to try a mid-priced cable, this Startech model. I liked their site and felt confident that they were selling a quality product. I connected it and PERFECT! I was back to sharp, clear text at 85Hz (and all the way up to 144Hz). This is an excellent cable for a great price and if you suffer with blurry text or ghost images, please give this one a try. StarTech 6-Feet Coax High Resolution VGA Monitor Cable - HD15 M/M (MXT101MMHQ)
I currently use an ATi x800 video card with two LCD displays, one of which is VGA. For the past year or so, I've been using a cable that came with the monitor, and recently, it's been causing all sorts of problems--color flickering, display signal loss, etc. When looking for a replacement VGA cable, this one caught my eye.
After installing it, I found that the picture quality and brightness was better than I remember originally, and all the previous problems were gone. I've never had a problem with ghosting, even with fast-paced FPS games, but I can say for sure that this cable doesn't ghost. It feels very well-constructed (is about twice the diameter of my previous cable), and comes with a lifetime warranty from the manufacturer. The only caveat is that because of its sturdy construction, the ends don't bend too well if you need to fit them in at an angle. Otherwise, excellent cable, and definitely far better than any in its price range!
Let me start off by saying I am happy overall with this purchase. A local electronic store wanted around $30 for a VGA cable, so this price is much better than that.
I bought this cable to connect my computer to the VGA socket on my new flat panel monitor.
However, my monitor VGA interface is reccessed, so that the cable needs to be bent perpendicularly in order to be plugged in.
Because the cable is so stiff, I had a hard time bending the cable so that it would plug in to the monitor.
Also, the screws wont screw in properly because of the bulkynes of the plug.
I've been using this cable now for over six months, and apart from the occasional unintentional unplugging, everything has been smooth.
I use this to connect my Sony Vaio to my HDTV (Samsung). The cord works really well to let me watch online shows on my TV through my computer.
Just a note for anyone struggling with hooking up their Sony: My TV initially would not recognize that there was any input. You may have to update some various things (go to the Sony website to get those upgrades that are specific to your type of laptop. I did this and still couldn't get it to work, but it at least saw that there was input, it just said something about not being able to use the data or something along those lines. After some fiddling, I changed one of the settings to 60Hz (sorry I can't remember exactly where it was, somewhere under Control Panel and then Other... it's the same place where you tell it to use two screens). That did it! I've been pretty pleased with the quality- it's not superfantastic like watching a bluray but definitely better than watching TV on my laptop.
This is a good quality cable for use with flat panel monitors. If you have tried a lesser quality cable as I have, you have probably experienced ghosting on the screen. It went away when I used this cable.
I tried to buy this product and went to best buy. This VGA to VGA cable was 32 or 34 dollars.
Though I wanted that immediately, but I did not want to encourage these unfair practices. This just reminded me the USB printer cables I bought in that store few years ago for 30 dollars and felt bad when I received USB cables with better quality free with my $15 backup drive.
I decided to wait and order for less than 6 dollars including shipping.
This product is good quality and works great.
Very good product, connects very easily to my laptop and TV. In hindsight, I would have opted for a longer cord but this one does the job so length is a minor detail at this point. Only downside is that the cord is unable to transfer audio from my laptop to the TV, so I am forced to either use the laptop's speakers or connect the speakers of my desktop to the laptop for better sound. - Monitor Cables - Computer Cables - Monitor Cable - Maintenance Management'
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