PC to HDTV. If I don't buy a "High resolution" vga cable I can ruin the lesser cable, and/or worse picture?

by jbdenham

Was about to buy a VGA extension to hook up my mainframe to my new HDTV. Didn’t reckon twice about the “high resolution” VGA and what not. I figured VGA is VGA. If I can get HD on my fixed computer monitor, with its “supplied” cable, how would it be any different with Mainframe to HDTV.

ANYWAY, I was about to hold this http://cgi.ebay.com/Dynex-DX-C101771-6-VGA-SVGA-PC-Monitor-Extension-Cable_W0QQitemZ320344462402QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Cables_Adapters?hash=item320344462402&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A7|39%3A1|240%3A1318#ebayphotohosting

Until I was looking at the best buy reviews and saw this! Any thoughts!?!?!
“If you do not buy a high resolution VGA or SVGA cable for your pc to hook up to an HD Monitor or HDTV, it may maybe ruin the smaller resolution cable when connected to a high resolution device. Already came across that, so trust me and you may maybe save a lot of money.”

Answer by efflandt
I never heard of a high resolution VGA cable. My ancient 1280×1024 HDTV ready 4:3 monitor (which looks the same using VGA or DVI) has more pixels than my 1366×768 HDTV (which works with my mainframe using a plain ancient VGA cable). But many newer monitors really have more pixels than 1920×1080 resolution of 1080p. So it is probably advertising hype for expensive (profitable) cables.

For my monitor, a less expensive bendable DVI cable that came with my up converting DVD player really works better than a more expensive thick stiff Monster cable (which seems to stress the sockets or my record card, making record not work at times). For the DVD player I am now using a $ 26 Phillips gold plated DVI to HDMI cable that I got some place like Wal-Mart or Target.

Answer by R T
There probably isn’t a whole lot of difference in the cables and you beyond doubt won’t hurt anything in any event. Save your money. Cables are one of the highest markup items that a retailer sells.

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