Hooking up a monitor to m macbook pro ?what would give the best picture ??

i just picked up a monitor to hook up to my macbook pro the moniter is 1080 p what would give the best picture vga or dvi ??? for full 1080 p
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You want to go directly from the video out of your MacBookPro to DVI. Don't involve VGA if at all possible.
Depending on the exact model MacBookPro you have, it has either a miniDVI out or a miniDisplayPort out.
• For miniDVI out, all you need is a miniDVI-to-DVI cable or a miniDVI-to-HDMI cable.
• For miniDisplayPort out, you will need the Apple miniDisplayPort-to-DVI adapter plus either a DVI-to-DVI cable or a DVI-to-HDMI cable to connect to your monitor.
Again, what make/model monitor do you have?

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