MacBook Pro to Viewsonic 22-inch VX2250WM-LED monitor "Sparkly Pixels"

When I initially unpacked and set up my Viewsonic monitor, I connected it using a minidisplay to DVI adapter. There were "sparkly pixels" turning off and on rapidly across the screen in random places--not colors, just white. I thought maybe it was electronic interference and moved things around on the desk, moved the computer further away, but still the sparkly bits persisted.
I then turned off the monitor, waited, turned it on again, same problem.
I then disconnected the DVI cable and instead used my VGA to minidisplayport adapter and plugged into the VGA port on the monitor. Sparkly bits gone. Can anyone tell me what they were? I could repeat this and attach a video if that helped.

Interesting: After using the VGA cable, I thought I'd try the DVI cable again. And those off/on pixels were gone. So I don't know what that was about but if you have a similar situation, try what I did...

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