HDMI vs. VGA how much improvement?

[CookieTheMonsta]

Ok, before you bash me for using VGA cables in 2015, it's not my fault, I don't really care, buuuuut, I just want to ask before I spent my money on no improvement. How much will I see a difference and where, in what aspect will I see it? Because I use 1080p display (acer v223hq) and everything looks good. Now before I go and buy new monitor with display port or hdmi, I want to know in what way will I see improvement?

[79wjd]

The bigger improvement will come from newer monitors looking much better (and there is a pretty big improvement there), although there will also be an improvement from vga to hdmi. 

 

I'd also hold out for a 24" monitor, and would probably wait for 4k at this point. 

[Scouten]

just an overall sharper image and less visual noise.

[JeffreyEagan]

If you bash this man for using VGA, you'll have to bash me too, I use a DVI-to-VGA adapter for my secondary monitor.

[WinNut]

I use VGA on a 1080p monitor and it looks fine.

[jousef]

[Arty]

longer cables + higher res +sound + better quality 

[CookieTheMonsta]

So basically sharper image, still a little bit skeptical, but will think about it haha

[NicekillBGtheSecond]

hdmi crushes it but with hdmi when your monitor is idle it will stay idle even when you press it so you need to restart your monitor

[Senzelian]

I switched from VGA to DVI-D and then to HDMI. 
Aaaaand, there was no difference on my 1080p monitor.

[CookieTheMonsta]

I switched from VGA to DVI-D and then to HDMI. 

Aaaaand, there was no difference on my 1080p monitor.

That is the answer i'm looking for. Everybody is telling me it's better, and I believe them, but I still think it's not worth buying new monitor for just HDMI. And if I even buy it, I will see no big difference to make it worth. Thank you.

[79wjd]

That is the answer i'm looking for. Everybody is telling me it's better, and I believe them, but I still think it's not worth buying new monitor for just HDMI. And if I even buy it, I will see no big difference to make it worth. Thank you.

The thing though is, monitors have gotten MUCH better since the VGA days. 

[thekeemo]

Tried it and no difference. But I'm using dvi because why now

[CookieTheMonsta]

The thing though is, monitors have gotten MUCH better since the VGA days. 

Yeah but, I'm still sticking to 1080p, so not much is changing for me. I will not see difference. Guess I'll wait more time, when 4k gets cheap and gpus can run 4k with no problems at all. So few years hah

[79wjd]

Yeah but, I'm still sticking to 1080p, so not much is changing for me. I will not see difference. Guess I'll wait more time, when 4k gets cheap and gpus can run 4k with no problems at all. So few years hah

There would still be a big difference....monitors have gotten much better since the days when you bought yours. 

[Cheddle]

Ok, before you bash me for using VGA cables in 2015, it's not my fault, I don't really care, buuuuut, I just want to ask before I spent my money on no improvement. How much will I see a difference and where, in what aspect will I see it? Because I use 1080p display (acer v223hq) and everything looks good. Now before I go and buy new monitor with display port or hdmi, I want to know in what way will I see improvement?

 

I hope there is no difference, I am replacing one of the monitors on my triple screen racing sim rig tonight and the replacement is VGA only. so I will have one on HDMI, one on DVI and one on VGA - HDMI / DVI are identical in terms of visual quality.

 

Display port enables you to use monitors with very high resolutions and / or refresh rates. HDMI 1.4 / DVI can not do 4k at 60hz - HDMI 2.0 can do it however I have seen many corners cut with this tech with compromises on colour quality (chroma sub-sampling to be specific) and many TV's and monitors on the market run 4:2:0 chroma as opposed to 4:4:4 (what you want) - its not a huge issue for video but the difference is there and for text its a huge difference.

 

Things to get your head around before taking the plunge:

• Colour bit depth (6, 8, 10 and above) - including pixel dithering
• Chroma sub-sampling (compressed colour details)
• Pixel type (TN vs. VA. vs. IPS) - and the different types of IPS
• Analogue signal cabling vs. Digital signal cabling (they have different considerations)
• Refresh rates (preety straight forward,  don't go less than 60hz)
• DPI (screen resolution vs. screen size) - and desktop scaling in windows

Do a bit of reading on these things and you will know much more clearly what is important to you in a display and what to look for when sinking your hard earned cash into something you will stare at (if your anything like me) a whole lot.