VGA looking better then DVI on 2405fpw?

[G5Unit]

I had always used DVI with my 24 inch dell monitor, yet when watching DVD's, blacks looked green and jittery, almost looked like an internet stream sometimes. Yet when I used VGA(X800XT->ADC connector->ADC to VGA->2405fpw) I noticed the blacks were much deeper and movies looked better, yet the screen wasn't as bright and I always have to do auto adjust.

What's the problem with my DVI connnector? Shouldn't it look better?

 

[bmb012]

Try some HD trailers or something like that. I've found the blacks in DVDs to be horrible, the system deepens them a lot, and you're probably seeing artifacts of that. I was watching some movies on my LCD tv from my Mac Pro yesterday (through VGA, actually...) and the blacks really show the compression and restricted contrast range.

 

[pseudobrit]

I had always used DVI with my 24 inch dell monitor, yet when watching DVD's, blacks looked green and jittery, almost looked like an internet stream sometimes. Yet when I used VGA(X800XT->ADC connector->ADC to VGA->2405fpw) I noticed the blacks were much deeper and movies looked better, yet the screen wasn't as bright and I always have to do auto adjust.

What's the problem with my DVI connnector? Shouldn't it look better?

Dell has their settings a bit out of whack from factory. Usually the brightness is way too high for movies. Have you tried calibrating the display (especially gamma) from the Display (Color) pref pane?