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From: "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:57:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0761FF71-B81E-4FCC-A1B9-57024BBD1730@antarean.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201214185542.GA3533@waltdnes.org>

On 14 December 2020 19:55:42 CET, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org> wrote:
>  I ordered a Dell XPS 8940 which arrived in October, but life got in
>the way, and I'm only now getting around to setting it up.  First thing
>I noticed today is that Dell "had the courage to remove the VGA port"
><G>.  It has HDMI and Displayport.  I've got two monitors for my PCs.
>My main one has VGA/DVI/HDMI/Displayport inputs.
>
> But I want to attach the XPS 8940 to the older monitor, which only has
>VGA and DVI-D.  I use the older monitor for setup/install and to keep
>the "hot backup" machine up-to-date.  What are my options?  For the
>main
>machine I'll buy an HDMI cable.  Are there adapters that'll push HDMI
>computer output into a monitor VGA or DVI-D input?  That way I can buy
>an HDMI cable plus an adaptor, rather than a new monitor. <G>

Yes, I use one from Startech without any issues. Comes with HDMI, DVI and VGA output for a mini DP port.

I use it as well to connect the laptop to my tv.

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Joost
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-12-14 19:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-14 18:55 [gentoo-user] OT: DVI-D / HDMI / VGA adaptors Walter Dnes
2020-12-14 19:33 ` Neil Bothwick
2020-12-14 19:57 ` J. Roeleveld [this message]
2020-12-14 21:53 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2020-12-14 23:46 ` [gentoo-user] " antlists
2020-12-15  1:15 ` Daniel Frey
2020-12-18  2:41 ` Walter Dnes
2020-12-18  3:57   ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards

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