Analog vs. DVI?

[Jude Law]

So I bought a 22" LCD and I hooked it up to my pathetic VGA-only PCI graphics card (FX 5500). I set the resolution to 1680x1050 and everything looks nice. But when I watch movies, it's very dark and almost unbearable to watch night/dark scenes (brightness all the way up). I watch the same movie on my powerbook, and it's much brighter. Is this because of the analog connection? If I get a better graphics card to connect my display using DVI-D, will I get brighter picture?

Thanks for the help.

[Ajmukon]

theoretically yes.

DVI monitors would be "Better". But it mostly depends on the actual monitor, (its contrast ratio (eg; 1:10000))

[Jude Law]

theoretically yes.

DVI monitors would be "Better". But it mostly depends on the actual monitor, (its contrast ratio (eg; 1:10000))

Thanks for the response.

I have the LG 22" which has 3000:1 contrast ratio; 300 cd/m² brightness. But I'm guessing those specs are for the DVI connection.

[Ajmukon]

i have no idea what the specs are, but your LG 22' should be fine. what are the controls in the GPU settings?

[jlreich]

It may very well be that resolution is just too much for that old video card to pump out quick enough to make it a good picture during a movie.

Try messing around with the overlays in the nVidia display panel. It might help. I believe you can even associate the overlay with certain apps so it only applies when you start a movie.

[Ajmukon]

if i recall corectly, the Nvidia control panel has a special "Video overlay" with it OWN brightness. This could be turned down. (ATI has something similar)