Hi-Def over VGA possible?

killerk · 29 Mar 2009 at 15:57

if an image displayed though a VGA cable on a full HD monitor is it hi-def is it just the resolution or is there much more to it?

smogsy · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:01

VGA can display 1920x1200
HD is 1920x1080

so its just above HD if your running your monitor @ 1920x1200

killerk · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:14

so there is really no difference between VGA and say DVI can display.

IceWind · 29 Mar 2009 at 16:18

DVI is superior in the quality of the image that will be displayed on the monitor.

smogsy · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:29

DVi looks a lot better than VGA. and has higher bandwidth supports 2560x1600

hawker1986 · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:35

As everyone has said VGA will do HD, but DVI will look better and can go all the way upto 2560x1600 if you have a dual link cable.

Hawker

MagicBoy · 29 Mar 2009 at 17:41

DVI/HDMI will look sharper because it's a digital connection. With VGA the signal is converted from digital to analogue then back to digital again, so the end result is dependant on the quality of display RAMDAC, the cable and the electronics in the display.

Baddass · 30 Mar 2009 at 15:31

using VGA can also help you get past HDCP and encryption which is handy. some LCD TV's dont like that full res over VGA though, so be careful. Most devices tend to feature HDMI outputs rather than VGA as well obviously, but shouldnt be an issue with a PC graphics card