Windows 10: Monitor Recommendation for Dual Monitor with Displayport, HDMI, DVI

I have one samsung syncmaster t240 very old monitor that i bought used from someone because i could not buy 1920x1200 monitors where im located. I connect it to my dell xps 15 9550 via hdmi to hdmi cable with no issue. I previously had an asus monitor that stopped working which is the reason i went and go thte samsung monitor. Both are 24'. The asus monitor not that long ago worked again after i did not even touch it for close to 2 years. But then after it worked for a few weeks, it stopped working and i have to buy another monitor. When the asus worked for the short time, i bought a usb c to hdmi cable and connected my asus monitor to laptop that way. Thus usb c on my dell xps laptop to the asus monitor hdmi. Thus dual monitors.


I could buy this monitor where im located but this is the amazon.com us site. They have this on the other country site.


Amazon.com: Customer reviews: ASUS C624BQ monitior



So based on this, i notice it does not have an hdmi port. How is this even possible? Shouldn't most modern monitors have hdmi? Now i notice it has displayport and dvi. Can someone here confirm its only these 2? Now here is my question. What cable should i buy? I already have one hdmi to hdmi cable that i connect my samsung syncmaster to my dell xps 15 9550 laptop. I have the usb c to hdmi cable that i bought for my asus monitor which has an hdmi port but that monitor stopped working. I want to buy this monitor but it has display port or dvi.


So should i buy a usb c to displayport cable? Or usb c to dvi cable? Now heres the interesting thing. I could even use the usb c to hdmi cable to connect my samsung monitor as i tried this before. So based on that, that means i could also buy an hdmi to displayport cable or hdmi to dvi cable correct? Thus my options are


usb c to displayport cable
usb c to dvi cable
hdmi to displayport cable
hdmi to dvi cable


So in terms of cost, seems like hdmi to dvi cable cost the least.... At the moment im in the US so i could buy these cables where i could bring it to the country where im using it. But i cannot buy a monitor though. Thus i would buy that asus monitor in that country.. but i need proper cable. But i heard dvi is not very good and you shoudl always go with hdmi or displayport... is that correct?


So should i just get the usb c to displayport cable since that would probably work best if im sure i will be buying this monitor? The other thing that confuses me is what about those 2 other cables? HDMI to displayport and usb c to dvi. I read reviews that most of the hdmi to display port are incorrect in that its the complete opposite and that doesn't work? And the usbc to dvi would just be paying too much since i already have that usb c to hdmi cable? Thus might as well get the hdmi to dvi cable if i choose that route? Thanks.

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120hz Monitor, HDMI or DVI-D cable?


I believe HDMI for graphics cards is slowly on the way out. I currently use DVI-D for one monitor (simply because it doesn't have displayport) and displayport on the gsync enabled monitor. I think displayport will prevail and become defacto.

The DVI-D monitor is set to 144Hz and the displayport one is set to 165Hz.

 

120hz Monitor, HDMI or DVI-D cable?

I'm sorry but i don't see how that helps me at the moment since i got a older monitor than you *Biggrin sorry i'm dumb ^^

 

HDMI to DVI Monitor Will Not Play Audio

Thanks for the suggestions, Deepika. I have a Samsung SyncMaster HDTV monitor and a SHARP monitor. I'm trying to get audio on the Samsung HDTV. I'm not sure if you need an audio cable when connecting to the HDTV. Anyways, I kept it on the television. Either
way, it doesn't work. I ran the troubleshooter, and there isn't any problems. I tested all the cables yesterday, and everything works as usual. How are the HDMI cables supposed to connect and work with video and audio? Is there a driver problem? I believe
it might be because my monitor is in the DVI port, instead of an HDMI. This is why it's not detecting on the sounds/playback devices. Plugging an audio cable in the secondary monitor with VGA works, but using an HDMI for the television does not. Using VGA
for the television does work with audio. Not sure what the problem is, or if I have to plug the audio cable in the HDTV at all. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

UPDATE: Figured out the problem, testing. The HDMI cable although supports audio and video, the DVI connector
does not. Because of this, the computer detects it as a DVI connection. It instead uses the regular audio cable. The television, however, does not. It detects HDMI first, and uses that as as the audio. Since there is no coming through the DVI
connector and instead coming through the audio cable, it won't play anything. This can be half solved by changing the source device (source>edit name) on the Samsung television to HDMI DVI. This, however, does not fix it, as sound still doesn't come out. The
computer still has to be changed to be able to play audio properly. Any suggestions on how to fix this?