Jeffrey Best will be talking to us about ""Developing a CouchDB Application 
Using CouchApp"?, about which more anon.  But meanwhile, we have a connection 
problem.  Jeffrey has a laptop with a DisplayPort port.  He also owns an HDMI 
adapter for it.  So we need to be able to adapt:  ideally, DisplayPort to VGA 
for the projector; failing that HDMI to VGA, but I have an inbuilt unease 
about a -> b -> c adaptation.  Too much to go wrong!  So can anyone help with 
DisplayPort to VGA?  And a backup of HDMI to VGA?  It would help if solutions 
are known to work.  Jeffrey himself has in fact got a DisplayPort to VGA 
adapter, but it doesn't work in practice.
Jeffrey will bring his presentation on a USB stick in case , so could we be 
sure to have at least one laptop running LibreOffice Impress, with an ability 
to connect to VGA.
All help and suggestions welcome.  If DisplayPort is the future, this problem 
will arise again, so we need a solution.
I was thinking of buying this for the group:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DisplayPort-Display-Adapter-Convertor-Macbook/dp/B017Q8OCSY/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1456556516&sr=8-16&keywords=DisplayPort+to+VGA+adapter
until I saw this:
"Didn't work on my set-up, but this due to DP/HDTV not the cord itself. I 
needed active adapter I eventually sussed." in the reviews.
So:  comments? Advice?  Has anyone got an "active adapter"?
If nothing else offers, I'll get two adapters - DisplayPort to VGA and HDMI to 
VGA and hope for the best!
Lisi
Lisi
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