By 2010, the writing was on the wall: VGA would be replaced with DisplayPort or HDMI, or another cable designed for digital signals needed by today’s LCDs, and not analog signals used by ...

But if you want to connect a computer to your TV (or you've got a new computer monitor), the options tend to be HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, and sometimes old-school VGA. Each connection has its pros ...

which had an HDMI port.. and there was talk of a regular/unpowered HDMI-VGA adaptor being insufficient, and needing a *powered* HDMI-VGA adaptor .. why would that have been needed? VGA's pin 9 ...

This makes it way more suitable for higher-distance video transmissions than interfaces like VGA, and as long as you stick to relatively low resolutions, HDMI won’t have as many asks in terms of ...

Although the monitor includes VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs, it included only a VGA cable–even though the setup instructions recommend a DVI or HDMI connection! Mike wants to know why, and whether ...

These have by now supplanted the much older VGA standard, which could be found ... while other devices like TVs opt for HDMI alone, leading you to wonder which is the better option for displaying ...

These ports are HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C ... Legacy ports like Video Graphics Array (VGA) and Digital Visual Interface (DVI) are still around, though they're far less ubiquitous than they ...

Note that both standards can drive older display types, both via adapters and adapter cables: HDMI to VGA and DVI; and DisplayPort to VGA, DVI, and HDMI. Both standards are also backward ...

Sometimes, you'll see a dongle or adapter that has both an HDMI or VGA port on it. These dongles connect up to your Surface just as we described above, but they have a spot for multiple monitor ports.