There are two types of DVI cables: single-link and dual-link. They differ in terms of maximum resolution and the number of pins used. Both single-link and dual-link cables have three channels for RGB ...

As [Mike] points out, this requires a lot of IO pins, and many development boards only support 8 bit VGA. Analog VGA is being replaced with DVI-D and HDMI on many devices nowadays, so it would be ...