VGA vs DVI

[Laurysss]

Is there a quality difference? I will be connecting xbox 360 to the monitor, but i dont know if to look for a dvi monitor or vga is good?

[scaryjam823]

Dvi supports more bandwith than vga, IE it allows higher resolutions, that's really the only difference.

[KamiKatze]

VGA is poop, it deserves to burn in hell together with micro USB. Use HDMI or DVI, the difference is enormous.

[Laurysss]

VGA is poop, it deserves to burn in hell together with micro USB. Use HDMI or DVI, the difference is enormous.

Thanks ! 

[jmaster299]

VGA is poop, it deserves to burn in hell together with micro USB. Use HDMI or DVI, the difference is enormous.

Did you even bother to read the original post???? The XBox 360 does not support DVI and only the later models support HDMI. But they do make a VGA cable that works with all 360 models. There is absolutely nothing wrong with VGA at resolutions that VGA supports. 

 

 

Thanks !  

 

OP, do not listen to what he told you about VGA, he couldn't be further from the truth. Your 360 doesn't even support resolutions that exceed what VGA is capable of. I used to run my 360 using the VGA port on my monitor for years. There is nothing wrong with VGA, and HDMI or DVI (the 360 is in capable of support DVI) offer no quality benefit.

[flibberdipper]

Other than a small quality difference (VGA is a little worse) and bandwidth differences (DVI has higher bandwidth) there really doesn't seem to be that much of a difference.

[scaryjam823]

VGA is poop, it deserves to burn in hell together with micro USB. Use HDMI or DVI, the difference is enormous.

You obviously need to  do some research. It doesn't matter the connection it makes no difference in quality, only the max resolution is what changes. 

 

@Laurysss This guy is obviously not that bright and ignorant, do NOT take his word for anything,

[jmaster299]

Other than a small quality difference (VGA is a little worse) and bandwidth differences (DVI has higher bandwidth) there really doesn't seem to be that much of a difference.

That quality difference does not apply to what the 360 is capable of producing.

[flibberdipper]

That quality difference does not apply to what the 360 is capable of producing.

I know. GTA V looks terrible on my 360. Halo 4 seems to have some of the best graphics on it that I have seen.

[matto97]

DVI enough said

[jmaster299]

DVI enough said

Learn to fucking read what the topic is about. A XBox 360 does not support DVI, and it will not make one bit of difference if it did. A 360 is 100% impossible of supporting a resolution that can't be supported by VGA and is 100% impossible of producing an image quality that VGA can't fully support.

[Laurysss]

Learn to fucking read what the topic is about. A XBox 360 does not support DVI, and it will not make one bit of difference if it did. A 360 is 100% impossible of supporting a resolution that can't be supported by VGA and is 100% impossible of producing an image quality that VGA can't fully support.

So the quality difference would be the same? And any quality difference 19" 1366x768 vs 22" 1680x1050 monitor?

[Laurysss]

I know. GTA V looks terrible on my 360. Halo 4 seems to have some of the best graphics on it that I have seen.

What's your monitor/tv resolution and how many inches?

[jmaster299]

So the quality difference would be the same? And any quality difference 19" 1366x768 vs 22" 1680x1050 monitor?

Not a lot really, but having the extra screen space on the 22" will be nicer. IMO at least. The 360 does support 1680x1050, they added that support years ago and it's the resolution I played at on my monitor using VGA.

[KamiKatze]

You obviously need to  do some research. It doesn't matter the connection it makes no difference in quality, only the max resolution is what changes. 

 

@Laurysss This guy is obviously not that bright and ignorant, do NOT take his word for anything,

 

I think you are the one who should do some research and read the CoC of this forum again!  :angry:

 

My answer was a more common suggestion. I am well aware that a XBOX 360 doesn't have DVI, that's why i added HDMI as an alternative.

 

If you had any bit of understanding about video output standards, you would know that VGA is analogue. DVI and HDMI are digital and therefore resistant to interferance.

 

At low resolutions, like the one coming from a XBOX it doesn't make as big of a difference as it does with a 1080P screen or above, but the difference is visible even for unexperienced people.

 

The only advantage of VGA is that it's wideley spread and still commonly used - which is a shame in my opinion, but what are you gonna do about it... -.-

[KamiKatze]

 

@Laurysss This guy is obviously not that bright and ignorant, do NOT take his word for anything,

 

BTW, this was more or less a direct quote from Linus. And he's right! VGA is inferior!

[jmaster299]

BTW, this was more or less a direct quote from Linus. And he's right! VGA is inferior!

But it does not apply in this situation. The XBox 360 is 100% incapable of producing an image good enough for there to be any benefit to using DVI or HDMI. Sure running heavily modded Skyrim at 2560x1440 will look better over DVI, but not the sub 1080p and super low image quality that the 360 can produce.

[KamiKatze]

But it does not apply in this situation. The XBox 360 is 100% incapable of producing an image good enough for there to be any benefit to using DVI or HDMI. Sure running heavily modded Skyrim at 2560x1440 will look better over DVI, but not the sub 1080p and super low image quality that the 360 can produce.

 

For me, the reason why the difference isn't that big, is that the image coming out of a console is more casual anyways and doesn't have the fidelity of a high detail image like from a PC. So using VGA won't ruin the fidelity anymore than it already is by using a XBOX.

 

There is however no difference by how much VGA affects the image when comparing high res PC and low res console. It's just not as apperant to us. When reading text/working on documents, VGA vs DVI makes a huge difference. When casually playing some XBOX it isn't as apperant and doesn't pop into our eyes that much, so if the effort of using a different standard is too high in that particular situation (where somebody decides between two monitors depending on their standards), i would say, go with VGA.

 

But normally, the effort you ahve to do is use a different cable and you're done. It's so easy that everybody should do it. It's a fast and easy way to improve the experience/ to take one layer off between the rendered image and your eyes.

[-iSynthesis]

You will not see much of a difference with a xbox. Vga can output a max of 2048x15 something, while dvi does 2560x1600

[jmaster299]

For me, the reason why the difference isn't that big, is that the image coming out of a console is more casual anyways and doesn't have the fidelity of a high detail image like from a PC. So using VGA won't ruin the fidelity anymore than it already is by using a XBOX.

 

There is however no difference by how much VGA affects the image when comparing high res PC and low res console. It's just not as apperant to us. When reading text/working on documents, VGA vs DVI makes a huge difference. When casually playing some XBOX it isn't as apperant and doesn't pop into our eyes that much, so if the effort of using a different standard is too high in that particular situation (where somebody decides between two monitors depending on their standards), i would say, go with VGA.

 

But normally, the effort you ahve to do is use a different cable and you're done. It's so easy that everybody should do it. It's a fast and easy way to improve the experience/ to take one layer off between the rendered image and your eyes.

They make a VGA cable specifically for the XBox 360. The effort involved is exactly zero.

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-VGA-HD-AV-Cable/dp/B000B6MLTG

[flibberdipper]

What's your monitor/tv resolution and how many inches?

1080p, 42". Even 10 feet away it looks terrible. 15 is bearable.

 

EDIT: I'm using HDMI, just for the record.

[Laurysss]

1080p, 42". Even 10 feet away it looks terrible. 15 is bearable.

 

EDIT: I'm using HDMI, just for the record.

Will it look ok on 22" ? And it looks terrible because of pixelation?

[flibberdipper]

Will it look ok on 22" ? And it looks terrible because of pixelation?

For a console, it would look pretty good.

 

What kills it is the aliasing.

[©D0n7H8M3™®]

Did you even bother to read the original post???? The XBox 360 does not support DVI and only the later models support HDMI. But they do make a VGA cable that works with all 360 models. There is absolutely nothing wrong with VGA at resolutions that VGA supports. 

 

 

 

OP, do not listen to what he told you about VGA, he couldn't be further from the truth. Your 360 doesn't even support resolutions that exceed what VGA is capable of. I used to run my 360 using the VGA port on my monitor for years. There is nothing wrong with VGA, and HDMI or DVI (the 360 is in capable of support DVI) offer no quality benefit.

well I am sorry sir but I have a xbox 360 from launch and it had hdmi 

 

But I use a 1080p 24" monitor for my pc and my xbox. I don't have any displayport cables so i have to use hdmi on my computer so i used a hdmi to dvi cable and I did once use a vga cable and I have to say in my own personal experience the dvi is atop of the vga when it came to the xbox.

[jmaster299]

well I am sorry sir but I have a xbox 360 from launch and it had hdmi 

 

But I use a 1080p 24" monitor for my pc and my xbox. I don't have any displayport cables so i have to use hdmi on my computer so i used a hdmi to dvi cable and I did once use a vga cable and I have to say in my own personal experience the dvi is atop of the vga when it came to the xbox.

You don't know what the hell you are talking about. The XBox 360 did NOT launch with HDMI. It came with a proprietary connection in back that had a hybrid Composite HD (Red, Green Blue) and RCA (Red, White, Yellow) connections on the end. With the Red and White RCA audio functioning as the audio for both. Here's an article specifically talking about Microsoft finally adding HDMI to the 360. It wasn't even added until after MS upgraded to the smaller GPU chip to address the RRoD issue.

Also, using a HDMI to DVI converter is not the same thing as the 360 supporting DVI. No version of the 360 has ever been released that used a DVI cable. To further drive home how clueless you are, there is absolutely no difference in quality on the 360 between HDMI and VGA. The 360 is 100% incapable of producing an image quality better than what the VGA cable is capable of handling. Any claim that you make saying it looked better on the HDMI cable is complete crap. Just like your claim that the 360 was launched with HDMI....

More proof you don't know what you are taling about., here's an XBox 360 HDMI conversion kit. http://www.cnet.com/products/xbox-360-hdmi-conversion-kit/