On Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:25:18 GMT
"BigWallop" wrote:

They look the same to me, except the first one doesn't include the
extra data pins for examining the monitor.

As druck says, VGA is the electrical connection. The only
difference between VGA ans SVGA is signal timing.

What a load of pedantic buggers there are in here. :-)

Hardly pedantic. Those data pins are an extension, and you can still
use SVGA monitors without them, it's just you'll have to tell your
computer what modes it can do, rather than have it automatically detect
it.

I certainly wouldn't want to use a passive cable at all to split
higher-resolution modes (say, 1600x1200@85Hz) - for that I'd recommend
an active box.

B.