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In <923319293.19062.0.nnrp-09.d4e48b20@news.demon.co.uk>,
	Alisdair Wren <alisdair@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> paulc@hectortd.demon.co.uk (Paul Copsey) uttered thus:
> >The trick, especially with the monitor, is to get good quality cables. For
> >the mouse and keyboard, I wonder if a infra-red setup might be better
> >suited (if only for the value of not having cables draped everywhere)
> 
> I have never used an infra-red setup, but I can't help feeling that 
> reliability and maximum speed might be issues...?  As for the cables, I 
> don't mind those, as the whole reason for extending them was to route 
> them tidily through the back of the desk.

I wasn't thinking for you, more for the original poster.
 
> >From my own experience, even with a decent quality monitor cable, there was
> >a visible difference when I tried connecting to a decent monitor through
> >it.
> 
> I have an Iiyama VisionMaster Pro400, which I think is a decent monitor, 
> and it copes quite well with the length of cable I have.  I haven't seen 
> any particular difference in quality.  [presumably it amplifies the 
> signal sufficiently].

Resolution makes a difference, my 17" Nokia gives a very good picture at
1600x1200 with it's own cable, with the extension it was awful. As I've now
got over running it at a very high res and settled for 1280x1024 (mainly to
ease the culture shock of the 19" Taxan at work which can't seem to manage
a decent picture any higher with the same gfx card I have here) the
degradation isn't so bad, but it's still noticeable.

Paul