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How much video quality is lost over VGA vs DVI?

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Mar 15, 20265233 views
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I have a netbook that I want to connect an external monitor to. The netbook only has a VGA output. How much quality is lost due to using a VGA interface, as opposed to DVI one? Will the display be noticeably more "blurry"? If so, can someone explain why this is? A pixel is still a pixel, so is the …

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The resulting image quality depends a lot on the quality of the D2A conversion (typically called a RAMDAC) in your video card. Of course you can lose a bit in the A2D if you're plugging in a flat panel, but it probably will just be a slight reductio…

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