Error in first paragraph[edit]

VGA is analog, but it is not "‎Amplitude Modulated". Modulation requires a carrier which is altered by the modulating signal. VGA is a baseband signal without modulation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitcwa (talk • contribs) 17:36, 29 January 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done (WP:BOLD). "Amplitude modulated" is nonsense for VGA, it would be sort of true for video standards like PAL, NTSC and SECAM, in which the color information is quadrature-amplitude modulated, while the brightness information is transferred in baseband. Greets from the electrical engineering department of ETH Zurich. 129.132.3.139 (talk) 10:04, 2 April 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Exact VGA timings[edit]

The expression in the article does imply an exact frequency of 60/1.001, but how is this determined from the rounded numbers in the source or other timings provided through EDID, which I believe are rounded too and don't allow fractional math? Indeed, the microsecond durations seen here appear to have been calculated with these rounded numbers. 83.93.8.224 (talk) 20:10, 27 February 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

article is aimless tech talk[edit]

the articles speaks continuously of vga modes, but never says the mode number for that mode (or that other modes can change away from vga altogether)

the article gives only a discussion which is useless and cannot be used, the references likewise (no mode numbers, no assembler or C code to operate, and references are wanna-be's - not manufacturer documentation or industry documentation from "the people who adhered to the standard"

a good article (and past apparently deleted content!!!) either:

(1) gives history, associations responsible, location of documentation, uses in industry and home

OR

(2) only says what it intends to describe in a usable manner (ie, with code examples, which many wikipedia articles have)

this appears to be an attack (the direction to this page, the removal of past information) by cheap video card makers WHO DID NOT PUT REAL VGA ON NEWER CARDS TO SAVE MONEY - thus the attack is denial of information and denial it's still "THE STANDARD THAT WORKS MORE WIDELY THAN ANY OTHER TO THIS DAY" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.219.207.25 (talk) 02:07, 28 July 2016 (UTC)Reply[reply]

October 2017 suggest merge[edit]

VGA connector has no notability aside from the VGA video standard and the non-redundant portions ought to be merged here for context. --Wtshymanski (talk) 19:41, 25 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Huh, "VGA connector" is a commonly used term and is noteworthy by itself. As there is enough information for both articles I can't see a good reason why these two topics should be merged.
--Matthiaspaul (talk) 18:08, 31 October 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

which one?[edit]

which is correct? Video Graphics Array or Video Graphic Array? DerpGunKV2 (talk) 10:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The one with an s.

8-bit colour channels[edit]

The option of using 8-bits colour channels in the palette was introduced in 1991 with VBE 1.2. The first card that supported this (that I know of) was the Mach32, on which 8-bit colour channels could be enabled by setting bit 14 on port 7AEEh.

8-bits colour technically isn't a VGA thing, so I'm unsure where to incorporate it, but the article explicitly talks about 8-bit colour channels, so it should be mentioned that it's a VBE thing.

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