Personal Experiences

Test Computer

Sony Trinitron G400PS (19 inch)
Leadtek Geforce 2 GTS / Asus Geforce DDR
Symmic BNC monitor Cable

Installation of the monitor cable is extremely simple. It's as easy as unplugging your old HD15 cable, and plugging in the new one. Instead of one connector at each end, there is a standard HD15 connection at one end, and five separate BNC connectors at the other. After plugging each connector into its specified port, (red into the red port, etc) I powered the monitor on and an image instantly popped up.

While at first I could tell no noticeable difference, after moving the resolution from 1024x768, to 1600x1200 several differences occurred. While previously I would get a slight shimmer in the right hand corner of the monitor, this disappeared. Furthermore, text that used to be too blurry to read was intensely clearer. While surfing the web, I noted that to my eye the colors seamed slightly warmer and more vivid.

The true test

To further test the ability of the BNC cable, I wanted to a direct comparison. I hooked the HD15 into my second system, which was equipped with an Asus Geforce DDR. Now, since the monitor had two fully functioning inputs I could switch between the HD15 and BNC with "input" button on the front of the G400 monitor. On both systems I opened up a high color webpage. Switching from BNC to the HD15, the color quality degraded sufficiently. To eliminate the chance of one video card having better image quality then the other, I switched the cables and repeated the test. Once again, the color quality significantly decreased when going from BNC to HD15.

Conclusion

If you are serious about the quality of your image output, and are willing to shell out some extra money, there is no reason not to take the leap to BNC. It's easy to install, reasonably priced, and significantly better performing than the normal HD15 method. It will make a difference weather you're surfing the web, writing your term paper, watching a movie, or playing the latest game of your affection.

by Ross Johnson

Price - 6.0 Performance - 8.5 Overall - 8.0/10

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