HDMI Cables Not Doing Their Job

I went ahead and called guys who custom built my computer. They said HDMI and DVI have the same quality and that neither are vastly superior to the VGA. Apparently you can only tell the difference between digital and analog if they're side by side.

Everyone seems to say something different.
 
Fraurrix said:
I went ahead and called guys who custom built my computer. They said HDMI and DVI have the same quality and that neither are vastly superior to the VGA. Apparently you can only tell the difference between digital and analog if they're side by side.

Everyone seems to say something different.
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It depends on the application. Lets say you're watching a movie on a television with 1080p display capability and are using an HDMI cable but are watching a regular DVD. You will not get a great HD picture because the media is the bottleneck. DVD media will display at 480i if I remember correctly so you obviously aren't going to get the best quality even though it's still technically a good picture. The new "Blue Ray" HD quality disks can provide the better quality picture and now it's up to all of the hardware components involved to either display or deliver that picture to the TV.

From a gaming stand point, I don't think you're going to get much out of using an HDMI cable over a DVI cable. So what I'm saying is the guys you talked to are right but it will all depend on the application you're trying to use the technology for. I hope that clears that up for you. Let me know if you have anymore questions. I'm not an expert but I've learned a bunch being a PC tech and earning a degree in Computer Networking.
 
Yeah, I think everything is finally cleared up for me. Thanks for all your help. I guess the cables are working, it's just that I was expecting an explosion of quality going from analog to digital.

Can't LCD and Plasma improve the viewing quality of low quality media? I have some DVDs of an old TV series. When I watched them on my old monitor they were pretty average. But when I watched them on my new TV the quality was noticeably better.
 
Fraurrix said:
Yeah, I think everything is finally cleared up for me. Thanks for all your help. I guess the cables are working, it's just that I was expecting an explosion of quality going from analog to digital.

Can't LCD and Plasma improve the viewing quality of low quality media? I have some DVDs of an old TV series. When I watched them on my old monitor they were pretty average. But when I watched them on my new TV the quality was noticeably better.
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I hate to repeat myself but here it is. :P

Sicko said:
The best way to remember the answer to these type of questions is to think of where the bottleneck might be.
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With that said, you are correct assuming you had a display that didn't give the maximum display quality potential before replacing it with a better TV. With, say an HD TV, you are now surpassing the quality capability of the DVD so now your bottleneck in quality will be either the media itself or the DVD player. The DVD player in my current situation is my bottleneck. I have had my surround sound system and DVD player for over 8 years and at the time HDMI was not common place. I am stuck with component cables to give me the best possible display quality out of that DVD player. There is a huge difference when watching a DVD on my player versus watching an HD channel through my DVR box through my cable provider. I currently own a Samsung 50" LED HDTV 1080p. I don't remember the model number off hand so I won't provide a link to the TV in case it's the incorrect model but I've thoroughly enjoyed this television. The TV itself is normally around $1,100 to $1,200 but I found it on sale a few months ago for $800 at Sears and Walmart. I tried to look for the same kind of deal just now with no luck. The prices have shot back up on all of the similar televisions.
 
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Sicko said:
I hate to repeat myself but here it is. :P



With that said, you are correct assuming you had a display that didn't give the maximum display quality potential before replacing it with a better TV. With, say an HD TV, you are now surpassing the quality capability of the DVD so now your bottleneck in quality will be either the media itself or the DVD player. The DVD player in my current situation is my bottleneck. I have had my surround sound system and DVD player for over 8 years and at the time HDMI was not common place. I am stuck with component cables to give me the best possible display quality out of that DVD player. There is a huge difference when watching a DVD on my player versus watching an HD channel through my DVR box through my cable provider. I currently own a Samsung 50" LED HDTV 1080p. I don't remember the model number off hand so I won't provide a link to the TV in case it's the incorrect model but I've thoroughly enjoyed this television. The TV itself is normally around $1,100 to $1,200 but I found it on sale a few months ago for $800 at Sears and Walmart. I tried to look for the same kind of deal just now with no luck. The prices have shot back up on all of the similar televisions.
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So you're saying that video couldn't shine it's true quality until better TVs were released? This animated series is from 1997. I never saw it in such good quality until I saw it on a good TV.
 
Fraurrix said:
So you're saying that video couldn't shine it's true quality until better TVs were released? This animated series is from 1997. I never saw it in such good quality until I saw it on a good TV.
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Look at computer games today. There are some games that are pushing the envelope and cannot be handled by most hardware except for latest and greatest or hardware that hasn't even been released to the public. Crysis is a good example of this. That game was so ahead of hardware it's not even funny.
 
Sicko said:
Look at computer games today. There are some games that are pushing the envelope and cannot be handled by most hardware except for latest and greatest or hardware that hasn't even been released to the public. Crysis is a good example of this. That game was so ahead of hardware it's not even funny.
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That's true. I'm assuming that it wasn't affordable to release that technology marketable product at the time. But I bet nowadays corporations purposely hold back technological upgrades for marketing reasons. Hell, I'm sure Apple already knows what they're putting in the iPhone 7.
 
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