johnhook

SusannaKB,

The DVI is a special digital video interface cable that is only useful if your video hard or computer has a DVI output port. If not, you'll need to use a standard VGA cable.

CRTs and LCD displays are very different and might take some getting used to. It really depends on the size, resolution and specs of the display(s) you're dealing with. There are adjustments that you can make to your new LCD display to make it look better.

Your LCD display should have come with a CD or driver disk to install the monitor drivers which tell the video hardware of all the possible resolution, color depth and scan rate settings for you particular monitor. Right click on your windows Desktop, click on Properties, click on the "Settings" tab at the top, then click on the Advanced button, then click on the "Monitors" tab, click on the Properties button and where is where you can install a different monitor. The manual or CD that came with your new monitor should walk you through this.

- John