My understanding is that rather more is required to achieve the
digital/analogue conversion.
Chris
On 27 February 2016 at 13:06, john <jee@???> wrote:
> 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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