croddie wrote:This site says that the DVI spec is 5m:
http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html

Great link, thanks. Seems I have to go DVI. Need a new computer then

croddie wrote: I've had no problems with 5m DVI.

In 1600x1200 ?

I can see people with projectors need long cables, but I can't really see it apply to monitor cables. Projectors are mostly ordinary TV signals at 704x480 @ 30 Hz, and a large monitor uses 1600x1200 @ 60 Hz. Thats 11 times as much data which need to go over the cable with out noise. Combined with th...

> DVI (-D) or VGA?

Its VGA.

VGA degrades by ghosting sharp edges. DVI degrades by adding speckles. Anyway, so I've read.

Just wanted to share my experience with trying to put my computer in another room. I know it is not looked upon kindly by this site, but since its a bad experience, maybe its OK. :wink: My monitor is a 20" LCD @ 1200x1600, with a 1.8 meter cable. Just fine. I ordered a 5 meter quality cable and rece...