HD TV monitor, picture is better with VGA than HDMI?

paddybliss

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I’m trying to set up an LG Flatron M2280D Monitor TV with my PC and am having problems getting a decent picture via HDMI.

I have previously been using to quite old 4:3 panels, one connected by VGA, the other by DVI. I want to replace one of them with the LG, but when I connected it via HDMI, the picture produced didn’t seem very sharp, the older monitor was much better. I then tried connecting the LG via VGA and the picture was much better, though I still think it could be improved upon.

This seems confusing to me, surely the digital connection should be sharper? I now also tried connecting via DVI and used different cables and I’m still getting the same results, though now the picture size has also shrunk by about an inch around the edge! I’ve looked at display settings (on PC and TV), have disconnected the second display, checked display adaptor drivers (ATI Radeon 4300) but nothing makes any difference.

Am I missing something here?