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* Dennis:

> (1) It makes no difference which kind of VGA cable you use

No, it doesn't make any difference if your monitor is just shit or if 
you have an eyesight like Stevie Wonder. For all other situations the 
quality of the VGA cable does make a difference, and a even bigger one 
at high resolutions (over 1280x1024). Analog signals like VGA are quite 
sensible to signal attenuation, xtalk and other funny effects that RF 
signals usually suffer from. A crap cable will very likely lead to a 
blurry picture missing sharpness, a good one won't.

But as with all analog signals, it also comes down on how good the 
signal that comes from your gfx card is. Most newer gfx cards have an 
average to awful analog signal quality because the manufacturers save a 
few bucks on the analog output filters on the card.

> (2) But using DVI/HDMI cable you would notice a difference vs VGA
> 
> Agree?

Yes.

But besides the cabling issue you should also check that your LCD TV 
supports disabling of overscan as this leads to a blurry picture as 
well. And no matter what the manuals say the HDMI inputs are capable of, 
use the *native* resolution of your LCD panel. If your TV is "HD ready" 
and uses a 1366x768 panel then use this resolution and not 1920x1080 as 
the latter one will be downscaled which also looks blurry on desktop 
applications.

Benjamin