Is HDMI much Different from DVI?

[MattBee2k2]

I've been trying to decide on a monitor and there are plenty of very good 22"-24" monitors that are cheap but do not come with HDMI and I plan on doing HDMI so my question is, would I notice much difference in quality from DVI to HDMI?

Thanks

 

[KaraMurat]

HDMI and DVI are pretty similar, both use digital signals meaning you won't notice a quality difference because there won't be any. However the advantage HDMI has over DVI is the fact that it also carries sound whereas DVI doesn't.

 

[Toxteth O'Grady]

Maximum resolution of DVI is 2560×1600 (HDMI can support higher). Below that HDMI and DVI video is identical. As said DVI doesn't carry audio.

 

[MattBee2k2]

Thanks for the input then, I'll only be using 1920x1080 for now so I'll save almost £40 going with a monitor without HDMI as the specs are still 2ms response time and the contrast ratios is higher than others.

 

[siravarice]

HDMI connections are handy if you want to use it as a small TV in the future though. Just a thought

 

[Aurus_OC]

Like everybody above mentioned HDMI and DVI carry the same digital signal, you can even adapt them to each other.

 

[ionicle]

ive used dvi to carry sound? :S

 

[I Hunta x]

DVI can carry audio perfectly fine, Ive used a dvi cable with a hdmi to dvi adapter on each end going from a gpu to a tv and had sound output quality the same as the hdmi cable that replaced it the week after (the dvi cable was JUST long enough to do the job for a week).

If you end up getting a screen without hdmi and then wanting to use it as a tv type screen with something that has a hdmi output like a games console you can use a dvi to hdmi cable for that job fine aswell.

As for quality there will be zero difference.

 

[ionicle]

i just thought it was different end connectors for the same cable with the same signal?

 

[MattBee2k2]

DVI can carry audio perfectly fine, Ive used a dvi cable with a hdmi to dvi adapter on each end going from a gpu to a tv and had sound output quality the same as the hdmi cable that replaced it the week after (the dvi cable was JUST long enough to do the job for a week).

If you end up getting a screen without hdmi and then wanting to use it as a tv type screen with something that has a hdmi output like a games console you can use a dvi to hdmi cable for that job fine aswell.

As for quality there will be zero difference.

Well thanks for the info, that helps me save £40 and put towards the AX1200 instead of a AX850 as I'll be getting sli 580's in the future but just 1 for now and I'll be overclocking them as they're lightning ones so to be on the safe side a AX1200 would be better than a AX850

 

[I Hunta x]

i just thought it was different end connectors for the same cable with the same signal?

Pretty much, it drops the analogue essentialy and mabey one or 2 other bits it doesnt need due to only being digital, 24 + 4 + the flat bit vs the hdmi's 19 pins