While knowing these specific terms is helpful in buying some analog display equipment (such as computer monitors), each refers to the same type of video format. These acronyms relate to the resolution a monitor supports, thus the same type of cabling and connectors are used.
Another common denominator with VGA, SVGA, and UXGA is that they are all mostly now legacy. No new products are being built using VGA analog video interfaces.
However, if you have irreplaceable or expensive equipment that requires using VGA analog video, you'll find it useful to know its functionality.
Typical VGA cables have a high-density fifteen-pin (HD15) connector on each end, using a combination of mini-coaxial cables and straight or twisted pair conductors to carry a video signal. VGA does not include audio support like HDMI® and DisplayPort 2.0 cables do.
What do these terms mean? VGA stands for Video Graphics Array. As video display equipment that used the VGA standard became more sophisticated, manufacturers began adjusting the name of the standard to reflect the maximum resolution of the display device. For example, SVGA stands for Super Video Graphics Aray which supports a resolution of 800 x 600. As the list grew, it became easier to just list the maximum resolution rather than the letters that corresponded to it.
Today, there are over 20 different letter combinations referring to all sorts of different resolutions. Most of these terms are rarely used to refer to analog video equipment anymore. And as mentioned previously, the standard itself is rapidly becoming legacy in the face of digital video standards such as HDMI®, DVI, and DisplayPort. If you need a DVI cable to HDMI cable assembly to bridge the gap, we carry this as well.
