Hi
My Understanding is that HDMI is VGA plus audio. So HDMI to VGA should
work fine. Only difficulty is that some adaptors have difficulty with
plug and play detection, but that is not a problem because you can set
the VGA size in the computer.
John Eayrs
On Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:17:06 +0000
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@???> wrote:
> 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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