Just moved from VGA to HDMI

[Herr Kutz]

My monitor screen has been having an intermittent bluish tint lately which I thought was caused by my video card. After doing some searching I read it could be a problem with the cord so for the first time I switched over to HDMI from VGA. I'm not sure what all the hoopla is because I cannot tell much difference, at least when the VGA cord wasn't defective. I also thought this thing was supposed to carry sound too but I have to keep the aux port plugged into my computer for my monitor's speakers to work. It doesn't seem like their has been much progress in all these years.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Hahah. Yeah, this'll get bites.

 

[renz20003]

My monitor screen has been having an intermittent bluish tint lately which I thought was caused by my video card. After doing some searching I read it could be a problem with the cord so for the first time I switched over to HDMI from VGA. I'm not sure what all the hoopla is because I cannot tell much difference, at least when the VGA cord wasn't defective. I also thought this thing was supposed to carry sound too but I have to keep the aux port plugged into my computer for my monitor's speakers to work. It doesn't seem like their has been much progress in all these years.

 

[DesiPower]

 

[Newbian]

I am impressed you are already using VGA...

Still stuck on CGA over here.

 

[BxgJ]

My monitor screen has been having an intermittent bluish tint lately which I thought was caused by my video card.

Well, it would help to plug it in.

After doing some searching I read it could be a problem with the cord so for the first time I switched over to HDMI from VGA.

You still need to plug it in.

I'm not sure what all the hoopla is because I cannot tell much difference, at least when the VGA cord wasn't defective.

That's because... ah.... nevermind.

I also thought this thing was supposed to carry sound too but I have to keep the aux port plugged into my computer for my monitor's speakers to work. It doesn't seem like their has been much progress in all these years.

There has, it's called electricity. You should try it, it's nice. You'll notice a difference too, I swear.

(If this was a serious post, well, I just don't know what to say. Sorry. )

 

[ImpulsE69]

Man, remember when they discovered fire?? Those were the days of magic...we burned them of course...because...magic.

 

[gorcorps]

You're old, nobody cares what you think OP

 

[Red Squirrel]

HDMI cables that are not audio grade won't do you much better than VGA. You need to get the braided audio grade ones for best results, idealy ones that use litz wire to minimize the skin effect. This will allow to run your monitor at higher refresh rates without voltage drop across the pixels.

 

[nerp]

Try running a 4k monitor on VGA.

Wait. You can't.

 

[RossMAN]

My wife still uses VGA because:

1) It works
2) I'm cheap
3) Lazy
4) Did I mention cheap and lazy?
5) IIRC the Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW only has VGA and DVI, DVI is weird.

Edit: Yes I know DVI is digital but we really don't care.

 

[local]

I just moved to HDMI last year as my 970 only has one DVI port.

 

[spacejamz]

HDMI cables that are not audio grade won't do you much better than VGA. You need to get the braided audio grade ones for best results, idealy ones that use litz wire to minimize the skin effect. This will allow to run your monitor at higher refresh rates without voltage drop across the pixels.

If you get Monster HDMI cables, it will quadruple the refresh rate. To prevent voltage drops, monster surge protectors will be excellent in that department. Not sure what happens if you put a NOS sticker on your PC case though....

 

[Ruptga]

I think OP may actually be my boss, but they could also be almost anyone else I work with.

 

[Humpy]

While HDMI is perfect for little girls and iphones, I'll only use cables with manly screw in connectors.

 

[Anubis]

i wanna say 90% of the monitors we use at work are still on VGA, or using a DP/HDMI to VGA adapter because all the PCs have a VGA port, very few have anything above that

 

[QueBert]

Try running a 4k monitor on VGA.

Wait. You can't.

Try using an HDMI cable on the greatest computer monitor ever, aka the Sony GDM-FW900, wait you can't.

 

[DesiPower]

@ OP and others, I have been reading through the thread and must say, that yes, VGA is still widely used, but that doesn't mean that there hasn't been much progress over the years. It all depends on the hardware, the GUP and monitor, and the application you are using. If you not using a mid to high range video card and playing video games or watch full HD action movies and things like that then you yes, you wont be able to tell the difference. Then comes the HDMI standard itself, there are older HDMI 1, 1.1 and things like, and then you have the cable quality... So there are many factors that can give you possibly worse experience than VGA.

As far as audio is concerned, the gpu you are connecting to has to be capable of providing audio over HDMI, not all are. If it is then you will see a separate sound source and you will have to tell you PC to use that as the primary sound card. Then you monitor, even if it has inbuilt speakers, it wont necessarily accept the HDMI input as its digital and has to be processed at the receiving end , as compared to analog over aux input.

If you have a 4k monitor and a 4k capable video card, if you want 4k at 60hz, then you will need a HDMI or Displayport, those are the only connector/standards that have enough bandwidth to support 4k @ 60hz

 

[lxskllr]

Not sure what happens if you put a NOS sticker on your PC case though....

Easy overclock without having to dig into the guts.

 

[Red Squirrel]

If you get Monster HDMI cables, it will quadruple the refresh rate. To prevent voltage drops, monster surge protectors will be excellent in that department. Not sure what happens if you put a NOS sticker on your PC case though....

That and a Type R sticker. At that point you might want to use a ferrite ring on the cables to smooth out the voltage spikes and slow down the electrons slightly before they transition into the port. Otherwise you might get collisions.