Use of HDMI cables has exceeded the use of it’s predecessor as people look for the best reception and performance. But as you consider the options it’s not always that clear of a decision about the cable to use for all improvements in pictures for your television and computers.

DVI cable, (Digital Visual Interface), provides high visual quality on such devices as flat-screen computer monitors and other output devices. It is also used for video graphic cards and can be used to carry an analog signal. By using these cable versus VGA cable, there is no digital conversion that happens with a VGA cable. As the signal goes from digital to analog and back to digital with VGA cable, these transport the digital signal without converting to analog and back again. In recent years, most television sets and other devices have come standard with thisconnection, making analog more obsolete and video quality better.

The DVI cables are made for three different applications and so there are three different cables you can get depending on your need. DVI-A is analog only, carrying a DVI signal to a analog device, DVI-D is for digital only, taking a DVI signal to digital components, and DVI-I takes DVI signal to analog or digital. DVI can carry audio feed so it doesn’t have as wide a range as the HDMI cable.

But it is losing the tech battle to HDMI cable (High Definition Multimedia Interface) in several areas. HDMI cable can travel a longer distance and is slimmer than DVI. The video signal is the same but being able to travel the extra length without any degradation of signal is significant. Also the HDMI cable does carry audio signals which the DVI doesn’t. The two variations of HDMI cable are, Type A for mostly residential use having 19 pins, and Type B with 29 pins which provide higher resolution in commercial settings.

Video cables like these will both produce great results for video quality and each has its own unique specifications. Though both can be interchangeable, there are some things to consider before deciding on which one to use. Regardless of whether one chooses, both will provide great video quality for today’s digital devices.

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