HDMI Monitor cable hookup

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I have a HP w2207h 22" widescreen HDMI Monitor, and a Visiontek 4850HD video card, my present cable hookup is this: on the video card i have a DVI to HDMI adapter, then a HDMI Cable to the monitor. my question is would i get better results if i just used a DVI cable instead of adapting to HDMI?? or would my results just be the same? or would i notice improvement, (even though the graphics on the screen right now are second to none, thanks for any help and thoughts

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

A single-type cable would be cheaper, but no different. Aside from HDMI optionally carrying audio, it's the exact same thing as DVI, just a different connector.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

For computers DVI and HDMI are identical for video signals.  HDMI just adds in the ability to do sound over the same cable.

A new cable would not gain you any visual quality.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Great, thanks very much guys,i appreciate the help and info

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Yeah, HDMI is better than S-video and composite cables for Television sets, but with the computer screen you set the resolution.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yeah, HDMI is better than S-video and composite cables for Television sets, but with the computer screen you set the resolution.
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Resolution have nothing to do with signal quality... digital is digital, 1's and 0's ....the other are analog signals like VGA,Component(YPbPr),Full Scart(21pins RGB),S-video,Composite,RF(Pretty much quality in that order). Digital is far better than analog in giving the correct signal and very resistant to interference.