18th May 2006, 8:17 PM
Digital video has some advantages, and newer moniters are in fact replacing VGA with the newer standard. I think it's the second one I listed. I know my video cards require special converters to work on my VGA moniter :D. As for audio, I'm still using the classic (miniplug? Is that what they are called?) audio jacks that have a total of two channels seperated by a little plastic "ring" around the plug. Right now, with my 5.1 setup (which I bought 3 years ago and was cheap THEN) that means 3 cables, and it's nice audio.
By the way, you should look out for cabling scams. There is such a massive amount of audiophile nonsense out there it's hard to fine the genuine stuff. As a general rule, the place you go to first to improve the quality of your sound should be the accoustics, and that's coming from someone who routinely looks for technology based solutions. Anyone offering some "massive audio improvement" with just some new sort of cable (not new standard mind you, I'm talking "Monster cable" type solutions) is probably selling you hot air. If you aren't getting static and the signal is coming through, there's really no problem with the cable.
By the way, you should look out for cabling scams. There is such a massive amount of audiophile nonsense out there it's hard to fine the genuine stuff. As a general rule, the place you go to first to improve the quality of your sound should be the accoustics, and that's coming from someone who routinely looks for technology based solutions. Anyone offering some "massive audio improvement" with just some new sort of cable (not new standard mind you, I'm talking "Monster cable" type solutions) is probably selling you hot air. If you aren't getting static and the signal is coming through, there's really no problem with the cable.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)