topic Re: HDMI or VGA in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30344#M66732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The good news is as far I recall, assuming your TV is HDCP complient, you can connect HD and 5.1 audio in one cable. The bad news is the cable costs big bucks. The cheapest I found was at Maplins 3.5 metre for £52. VGA will not carry the 27MBPS bandwidth required to give you true high definition but the cable is cheap as chips.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:03:21 GMT tonybeard 2007-12-14T12:03:21Z HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30339#M66730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've just got a new Samsung HDTV that is compatible with up to 1080i through HDMI and 1360x768 through VGA D-Sub.<BR /><BR />I was just wondering if it's better to connect my Sony laptop through HDMI or VGA?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:28:13 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30339#M66730 mike9586 2007-09-08T21:28:13Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30341#M66731 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Anyone?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:55:43 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30341#M66731 mike9586 2007-12-14T09:55:43Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30344#M66732 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The good news is as far I recall, assuming your TV is HDCP complient, you can connect HD and 5.1 audio in one cable. The bad news is the cable costs big bucks. The cheapest I found was at Maplins 3.5 metre for £52. VGA will not carry the 27MBPS bandwidth required to give you true high definition but the cable is cheap as chips.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:03:21 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30344#M66732 tonybeard 2007-12-14T12:03:21Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30346#M66733 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I paid £29.99 for a Belkin in Curry's<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:05:58 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30346#M66733 kee-lo_ 2007-12-14T13:05:58Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30349#M66734 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you keep an ey on Lidls you can pick up a 2m HDMI cable for as litle as £12.00, and it even has gold connectors!<BR /><BR />I have one and its brilliant.<BR /><BR />Fairly certain to say that you will get true HD TV only with the correct HD cables, Component would be the next quality cable but you dont have that on a Vaio!! LOL<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:09:31 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30349#M66734 julmoore4 2007-12-14T13:09:31Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30351#M66735 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I actually bought a couple of HDMI cables, one for my PS3 and one I can use for my laptop, they cost me 98p from Amazon Marketplace and they work a treat.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:42:46 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30351#M66735 mike9586 2007-12-14T15:42:46Z Re: HDMI or VGA https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30353#M66736 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">If you keep an ey on Lidls you can pick up a 2m HDMI cable for as litle as £12.00, and it even has gold connectors!<BR /><BR />I have one and its brilliant.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Thanks for the tip <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@4D7C97FD8435BC5F6F42C999D01DAE43/images/smilies/026.png" alt=":cool:" title=":cool:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:25:51 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/hdmi-or-vga/m-p/30353#M66736 kee-lo_ 2007-12-18T13:25:51Z