I am thinking about buying a MONITOR that has Hdmi support. I currently have my PC hooked up to the VGA on the monitor, but I am wondering if I will get a better picture using a monitor that supports Hdmi? I play online games and wonder if it would give these a better picture. The graphics card I have is a geforce 460 GTX and does support Hdmi. Thankyou!!By VGA, I assume you mean 15-pin D-Sub analog?  HDMI is not generally used on monitors (HDTV, yes).  Desktop graphics cards generally have DVI, laptops have HDMI.  So, is it HDMI or DVI?  There are other issues, such as what is the "native resolution" of the monitor?  Your best picture will always be at the monitor's native resolution, no matter what the input is.Actually the vast majority of video cards are giving hdmi as an OPTION. I have many monitors at the company I work for as a sys-admin that have d-sub and hdmi but no dvi. The main bad thing with hdmi is that it will only go to 1920x1080 (until type b is used) and bigger monitors that use higher resolution would be better off with a dvi connection. The good is that if using a monitor with hdmi and speakers (which I believe most hdmi monitors have) you don't need to run a seperate audio cable.I use DVI with my HD monitor and it works great, it automatically adjusts to the edges of the screen. However there is no real noticeable difference between VGA and DVI cables apart from the adjusting of the image.

The way to get the sharpest image on an LCD is to use that LCD's "native resolution" mines is 1920x1080, and in other resolutions text looks stretched and slightly jagged/fuzzy. QUOTE from: joe3fl on November 15, 2010, 07:35:53 AM

Actually the vast majority of video cards are giving hdmi as an option. I have many monitors at the company I work for as a sys-admin that have d-sub and hdmi but no dvi. The main bad thing with hdmi is that it will only go to 1920x1080 (until type b is used) and bigger monitors that use higher resolution would be better off with a dvi connection. The good is that if using a monitor with hdmi and speakers (which I believe most hdmi monitors have) you don't need to run a seperate audio cable.

I use DVI with my HD monitor and it works great, it automatically adjusts to the edges of the screen. However there is no real noticeable difference between VGA and DVI cables apart from the adjusting of the image.

The way to get the sharpest image on an LCD is to use that LCD's "native resolution" mines is 1920x1080, and in other resolutions text looks stretched and slightly jagged/fuzzy.

I think you've got it backwards, let's not confuse computer monitors with flat screen TV's.  Computer monitors have DVI, TV's have HDMI.
DVI was developed by the computer industry, HDMI was developed by the A-V industry and there is some competition between the two.  DVI was designed specifically to replace the analog VGA.  Actually the majority of video cards have DVI & a minority have HDMI.  Computer monitors have DVI, flat screen TV's have HDMI.  Laptops tend to have HDMI because it's physically smaller.  HDMI may win out because it combines video & audio and is much smaller in size.

I do to and I never noticed the difference from DVI to VGA, graphics card has both outputs, monitor has both inputs.  Just got a 32" LCD-TV and experimented today with the VGA input.  19" flat screen monitor has better resolution and sharper picture.  TV's HDMI ports have higher resolution but graphics card has no HDMI output.

You can in fact get a DVI -> HDMI adapter, the same as you can get an DVI - > VGA adapter. I actually used one to run a PS3 via HDMI into my DVI HD LCD.

BUT, we are talking about monitors here. When using the same computer and my 42" Samsung I can tell a HUGE difference. It tends to flicker with VGA, but clears up with DVI and HDMI.

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