Re: 1080p LCD to PC, cabling: VGA / SVGA / UXGA

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From: Calab
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52

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"Dennis" <dennispublic@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>I recently switched to using a 47" LCD as my monitor. It's 1080p so my
> resolution is 1920x1080
>
> I'm currently using a normal PC cable, the same one I used for my old
> 1024x768 monitor. Things look okay to me. But I note that there are
> different kinds of PC cables (HD15 / Sub D) . There are some called
> VGA, then there is SVGA and UXGA. Each is supposedly intended for a
> different resolution, I think I read that the VGA one is intended for
> 600x480, the SVGA is intended for 800x600, UXGA is 1600x1200,
> something like that.... etc etc
>
> ie:   http://www.infinitecables.com/vga.html
>
> The questions: am I losing any video quality by using a normal PC
> cable and not an UXGA one, or better still, a DVI to HDMI cable?  Can
> any VGA cable handle high resolutions?

VGA is VGA. Unless you are going LOOOONG distances, you won't see a 
difference.

You would probably see a difference if you switched to DVI/HDMI though, 
since this is a digital signal.

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