Is it more economical to use a VGA cable or an HDMI cable for short distances?

In general, the short distance to use VGA cable is more economical, the following from the cable price and supporting equipment cost of two aspects of analysis:

• Cable price: The price of short distance ordinary VGA cable is generally cheaper. Taking the length of 1.5 meters as an example, the ordinary VGA cable is as low as about 1.5 yuan on the Alibaba platform, even the products of well-known brands such as Green Link, the price is only 12.9 yuan. The same length of HDMI cable, the price of ordinary products is more than 2.8 yuan, and the price of well-known brands is usually more than 15 yuan.

• Cost of supporting equipment: VGA cable only transmits video signals, if the device also needs audio output, it needs to be equipped with additional audio cable, but the price of audio cable is relatively low. If you use an HDMI cable, although it can transmit audio and video signals at the same time, if the device itself is not compatible with the HDMI interface, you may need to buy accessories such as HDMI adapters, which will increase the cost.

Therefore, only considering short-distance transmission and the picture quality requirements are not extremely high, VGA cable has more advantages in price and is a more economical choice. However, if the device has requirements for audio and video synchronous transmission, or the pursuit of higher picture quality and signal stability, even for short distances, HDMI cable is a better choice, but the cost will be slightly higher.