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Is there any difference between a VGA connection a HDMI connection

We have been using a 50" inch monitor with our laptop using VGA cable since the beginning. Today connected the same monitor using HDMI cable and the screen was out of range. That is, that the icons at the border of the screen was half visible. As if the resolution of the laptop display was larger than the monitor display.

Is there any actual difference between the connections and if using a HDMI connection, is there any other configuration we need to do?

We have Windows 10

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Cliff Galiher

HDMI is superior to VGA in every way. As for the half-missing icons, that can happen with either format. Most TVs implement "overscan" and is an artifact from how broadcast signals developed over the years. Since VGA was never used for broadcast television, most TVs ship with overscan turned off over that input. Since HDMI is also used for cable boxes, satellite boxes, overscan tends to be on by default on those inputs from .ost manufacturers.

But that should be configurable in the TV menu either way. This isn't a PC/resolution issue, or an input type issue. Just a nature of using a TV as a monitor and the nature of how broadcast Tv evolved and influenced default settings in modern TVs.

jana

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Here is the view of both connection. See the icons and the start bar. In HDMI, it "half" display it (or less than half):