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    HDMI to VGA; will I get better quality than VGA to VGA

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by King of Interns, Sep 15, 2010.

  1. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    To expand on the thread title. I currently use my VGA port to hook directly to my projector's VGA port. Now my question is can I use my HDMI port on my laptop and connect to the projector's VGA port still and have superior quality or will it be no different or impossible. Just thought as I have HDMI and it might improve quality slightly might be worth it... :)
     
    King of Interns, Sep 15, 2010
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  2. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    Impossible... Unless you buy a real expensive thingie that makes it possible to go from HDMI to VGA, but its most likely not worth it if you got a vga port..
     
    Kocane, Sep 15, 2010
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    such a cable would not provide superior quality versus a vga to vga cable.
     
    masterchef341, Sep 15, 2010
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    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    Nope... Also, imo, HDMI doesn't even look better than vga/dvi. It may be my cables that are cheap but its often way to bright or just looks wrong, whereas VGA is perfect.
     
    Kocane, Sep 15, 2010
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  5. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Really? That is news to me! Guess I will stick to VGA then. Thanks for the input!
     
    King of Interns, Sep 15, 2010
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  6. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    HDMI->VGA will have no better quality than VGA->VGA. HDMI->HDMI (or HDMI->DVI, or DVI->HDMI, etc.) most certainly will have better quality than any VGA connection, being as it's a digital connection and not subject to the vagaries of analog transmission.
     
    Pitabred, Sep 15, 2010
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    I have had the same experience. I think the TV is doing lots of post processing of the picture which is not always that good.
     
    namaiki, Sep 15, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    What it means is that your TV is miscalibrated and you need to tune it to a good source. It can make a noisy VGA signal look better than HDMI if it's adjusted wrong. HDMI is a better signal transfer method, period. If something is worse with the HDMI than with VGA, then the calibration is incorrect.
     
    Pitabred, Sep 16, 2010
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  9. thinkpad knows best

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    OR just stick with VGA for the less particular people...
     
    thinkpad knows best, Sep 17, 2010
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  11. neilnat

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    There are lots of things that don't matter. Paying $60 for an HDMI cable instead of less than $10, etc... but I'm not that picky and I noticed a HUGE difference switching from VGA to HDMI on a 22" 1680x1050 monitor.
     
    neilnat, Sep 24, 2010
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    Yeah, but he's not talking about switching to HDMI, he's talking about converting VGA to HDMI after it leaves the video card. Converting video formats is ALWAYS bad, as you lose quality at each step. Unless he can run native HDMI (from a HDMI card to a HDMI monitor without any conversion) he's much better off sticking with VGA.
     
    seeker_moc, Sep 24, 2010
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