Will an HDMI adapter help?

[faune]

I have a Samsung SyncMaster T220 (regular not HD) with DVI and VGA connectors. The DVI connector is hooked up to my ATI HD 5770, which also has an HDMI port. I was wondering if it would be better if I attached my monitor to my GPUs HDMI port with an HDMI cable and HDMI -> DVI adapter to the monitor.

Would there be a difference?

Thanks

 

[outlw6669]

No, there will be no difference in quality as HDMI uses the exact same digital signal as DVI.

 

[faune]

No, there will be no difference in quality as HDMI uses the exact same digital signal as DVI.

Thanks outlw6669

Looks like you are correct. I just found this:

The good news is that despite their differences, a backward compatibility for video exists between HDMI and DVI. Because HDMI evolved from DVI, they are both identical when it comes to video. But remember, DVI can not support digital audio. A good example is an older DVI connection on the source and an HDMI connector to the display. In this case, all that is needed to see the video is an HDMI to DVI cable. However, a separate cable for audio is needed to carry the the digital audio so the sound can be heard.

http://www.abccables.com/info-dvi-hdmi.html

 

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