AmazonBasics Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter

AmazonBasics Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter..

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
works fine if you have to use VGA
By Omar Siddique
An inexpensive way to connect your Macbook to old-style VGA inputs. This one worked fine with my 2013 Macbook Pro (Retina) running Mavericks without any configuration.

With the macbook lid open, the external screen defaulted to an extension (lower-res) of the laptop display. With the lid closed, the external display was the "complete" display. These are configurable, but worth noting the default behavior-- by contrast, with a Mini Displayport to Displayport adapter, the default was to "mirror" the displays even when the macbook lid is open.

The VGA connection is by definition an analog one, so if you have the option, you should use something else. My order of preference is (mini)DisplayPort, HDMI, DVI-D.

VGA connectors are my last choice, but this adapter is handy to have if you're in the lamentable situation of needing to use this old analog method (eg, connecting to older projectors). It's nice that AmazonBasics adapters provide a cheap, reliable alternative to expensive Apple-branded accessories. Recommended if you need to connect your Macbook to a VGA-input display.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Worked right out of the box on my Microsoft Surface
By Billy Hollis
There's not much to say about a cable. All you really need to know is what it's good for and whether it works.

If you have a mini-DisplayPort on your device, and you need VGA output, this is the cable for that. Several tablet form-factor devices, including the Microsoft Surface, have such a port.

I plugged this thing into my Surface, and then got a VGA monitor with a VGA cable to go with it, plugged it all together, and it just worked.

Note that the VGA side is female, so you need another VGA male-to-male cable to make it work with typical VGA monitors and projectors. Almost all the VGA cables you are likely to have around are male-to-male, so that should not be a problem.

This is very short, so you would need another cable anyway. But for travel purposes, that's good. If you are connecting to a VGA projector, the cable will be available, and you probably don't want to be carrying a long cable around.

I already had a cable to get HDMI out of my Surface, but trying to daisy-chain that with a HDMI-to-VGA cable didn't work. So I'm now carrying two cables, and with those, my Surface should be able to talk to just about any projector or monitor I run across.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Not just for an Apple Device
By Mugsy
I ordered this to use on a new Dell Laptop and a Microsoft Surface Pro II that both use DisplayPort technology. Arrived on time (Prime Account), as should be expected and paid for. Easy to connect and it worked on both devices. Price was a lot cheaper than others out there and it does the job. Only concern is that the screw inserts are a little sunk into the frame and it may be difficult to firmly attach a VGA display cable to it. Other then that I would have rated it a "5".

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Apple Lightning to VGA Adapter

Apple Lightning to VGA Adapter..

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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful.
good and bad
By rko
The good: the adapter works for what I needed. Using it to connect iPad mini to iCue teleprompter.
The bad: the ridiculoously high cost and the very short (2 inch) cable which means you are connecting a large VGA connector to a large tablet through a rediculously tiny and fragile lightning connector. When you are holding the iPad mini in your hand, you worry about breaking the lightning connection because of this. Why didn't the Apple designer think of that?

49 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
Works wonderful
By Anomaly
I bought this adapter to use it with (a) my new iPad and (b) iPhone 5, both of which have a lightning connection. The primary purpose was to be able to display a Keynote Presentation from these devices on a large screen. However, in the process I tested other applications also. They included (1) YouTube, (2) Safari, (3) Videos and Photos. They all worked Well. You see them on the screen as it looks on the device. However, as soon you put the application in the full screen mode or landscape orientation, you get a better resolution picture that covers the entire screen. However, there is a difference between the iPad and iPhone projected displays here. The picture from iPhone fits the entire HD screen (16:9 aspect ratio), whereas the one from iPad fits more like a 4:3 aspect ratio picture on a HD screen, presumably driven by the native resolution on their respective screens. Though both the devices have a retina display, the picture from iPhone is crisper and better looking. I am not sure why. Maybe, because iPhone is newer. I do not know how the projected display from iPad mini will look like.
I am writing this review by connecting my iPhone to a 22 inch monitor with this adapter and using a Apple wireless bluetooth keyboard to type. It is hard to tell that I am working from a iPhone. Though I was going to use my iPad for my presentations, I will now use the iPhone becuase it displays better (not to mention looking cool).
The design of this connector is carefully thought through. The short (~3 inch) cord from the phone to the VGA connector is long enough to do things on the phone while holding it in the palm, without having to lift the entire wiring. The lightining connection in the adaptor helps power the phone when presentation is made. I plan to make presentations with my iPhone-5 and iPad using this adaptor, and do not forsee any problem doing it. I would have preferred the lightning to HDMI adaptor, but my video projector does not support HDMI. Overall, an excellent product.

Update: It will not work with Amazon Instant Videos. The app is not compatible with VGA or HDMI or Apple AirPlay.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Very Useful
By Brad B.
Simply put, this product does everything I need it to. Very clear picture and easy to utilize. There is a VGA port and another Lightning port. Don't confuse the second port for an HDMi port. I would recommend.

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StarTech USB to VGA External Video Card Multi Monitor Adapter - 1920x1200 - USB to VGA External Graphics Card

StarTech USB to VGA External Video Card Multi Monitor Adapter - 1920x1200 - USB to VGA External Graphics Card..

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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful.
Love it, after fixing sleep issue
By M
StarTech... if you're reading this, try to fix this, please! I even did analysis and found a workaround for you. The least you can do is take my assessment into account and resolve the issue.

Minus 1 star for the fact DisplayLink/StarTech cannot introduce drivers/software to resolve the adapter sleep issue. If I had not figured a solution out on my own, this product would have received only 2-stars.

This device is perfect, after I created a batch script to fix the issue where the two external monitors would stay asleep after the computer has been awaken. Will explain how to create your own after the "Cons" section below.

Some people have mentioned this occurs to them once in a while. For me, the issue occurs most of the time after the computer wakes from sleep mode.

Pros:
1) When functional, delivers perfect digital video/audio (audio on HDMI port only) to two external 1920x1080 monitors over a USB 2.0 connection. The device is connected to a hub, which also connects the keyboard and mouse.
2) Can display dvd quality to the two external monitors simultaneously, without too much cpu usage.
3) I can't speak for gaming, but my primary purpose is to use my laptop as a development machine. For development and other office functions, the adapter is more than adequate.
4) Works with Mac Mini running Lion OS as well. No wake-on-sleep issues, like I encountered on Windows 7 and 8 computers.
5) Self powered. No additional power required.
6) Customer service. They weren't able to figure out the issue, but at least they tried.

Cons:
1) The two external monitors connected to the adapter typically do not function after the laptop (Windows 8) resumes from sleep mode. I would have to unplug and reattach the USB cable to re-enable the adapter. This is not a good solution, as I'm trying to minimize the wear to the USB port and it's a pain to physically unplug/reattach the USB cable.

Fix:
I contacted StarTech regarding my issue. They told me that I should disable "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" for the USB Hubs listed within the Device Manager section. Unfortunately, they ignored the fact I told them the issue occurs, REGARDLESS of whether I connect the adapter directly to the laptop OR via a USB hub. But, as I said before, they tried... btw... I did try their recommendation, even though I knew it would not work. It didn't work...

Then, I performed some analysis of the processes running on my computer and discovered there is a Windows service that controls functionality and communication between the computer and the adapter... the DisplayLinkService.

Through the Windows Services management console, I was able to re-enable the two external monitors by restarting the DisplayLinkService.

Therefore, I created a batch file (FixDisplay.bat) and added the following three lines to the batch file and saved it to my desktop for easy access:

sc stop DisplayLinkService
sleep 2
sc start DisplayLinkService

Let me explain each command, so you're aware of what's going on and to assure you this is not a malware script. First line stops the DisplayLinkService. Second line pauses the batch request to allow the stop batch request to complete. The final command line starts the DisplayLinkService.

Now, whenever the external monitors do not wake up after the computer wakes from sleep mode, I simply double-click the FixDisplay.bat file that I saved to my desktop. Just a note... depending on your UAC setting, you might have to enable the batch file to run under an elevated account (i.e. Administrator), as the commands in the batch file start/stop an installed Windows service.

The best solution would be if the drivers actually worked flawlessly to wake up the adapter properly. But short of DisplayLink and/or StarTech fixing this issue, my ad-hoc solution works. The solution definitely beats unplugging/reattaching the USB cable that is inaccessible.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Works great, even on my Mac
By Kevin Mentch
Got this as a gift after looking all over for something that would work on a Mac, however when I first tried to set it up it did not work at all. Seems as though it is not Mac compatible, but after some tinkering I was able to get it to work on my Macbook Air running OS X 10.8.4. The key is the correct driver, do not install or use the one that comes with the adapter. I figured out who actually makes this thing and went to them and they have the correct driver. It is made by a company called Magic Control Technology Corp, and you can find the drivers needed here: [...] and the direct link to the zip download here: [...]

I hope this helps everyone with getting this working on their Mac as it took me about a 4 or so hours to figure all this out.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Works but the software created problems.
By Jimmi
The device works great and my 2560x1600 monitor looks awesome.

Con: The software created some problems. As soon as I installed it, shockwave started crashing in google chrome. I have to reboot a few times a day due to this problem. It is starting to get very annoying.

Update #1: I spent some time with tech support and they said that the driver will cause conflicts with programs that use hardware acceleration. I turned off hardware acceleration in chrome and everything seems to be fixed. I changed my review from 3 stars to 4 stars. They should warn you about this before installing the software.

Update #2: Down to 2 stars. Disabling hardware acceleration helped a bit but there are still a lot of problems with the firmware. Here are some of the issues:

- If your software program won't let you disable hardware acceleration, you are screwed. For example, Evernote app was unusable.

- Before this software, my Samsung Series 9 fan would never kick on, after installing the software, it is almost always on.

- I have the top of the line Series 9 and still get some jittering in the video.

- I get random screen flashes every 20 minutes or so.

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IO Crest VGA to HDMI Convertor with Audio support (SY-ADA31025)

IO Crest VGA to HDMI Convertor with Audio support (SY-ADA31025)..

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
Audio cord is too short for Lenovo front audio
By Michael
This works very well but the 6" audio cord is too short for two different Lenovo computers having audio on front. Need 1' stereo extender cable from PCH Cables if your audio is more than 6" from your video.

I bought a longer HDMI cable when I saw that this device works; suggest you order it at the same time.

This device is powered by USB instead of needing a transformer; brilliant.

WISH I HAD BOUGHT TWO YEARS AGO; or whenever it came out.

If they re-engineer this with a longer cable, it should end with a 90 degree bend; less chance of bumping and damaging the cable and/or computer.

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful.
Awesome VGA to HDMI Convertor!!
By ERic J. Messersmith
Awesome VGA to HDMI Convertor!

I have an old HP 8600 laptop w/VGA and I wanted to play movies from my USB thumb drive to my Sanyo w/42" screen, with three HDMI slots and no VGA plug in. The main performance difference between VGA and HDMI is that HDMI transmits Video and Sound and VGA transmits only Video. This was a five minute hook up from computer to TV:

1. Plug in VGA female plug on convertor into male plug on computer.

2. Plug the USB plug on the Convertor into female USB port on computer .

3. Plug the sound plug into your computer

4. Plug a HDMI cable into the convertor box and the other end of the HDMI cable into the HDMI port on the TV

5. Select the correct HDMI port on your TV display screen

That's it, takes five minutes to hook up. The picture is perfect and the unit worked flawlessly. I have a 100 films on my Terabyte portable hard drive. I'll plug that in and I expect it to work flawlessly as well.

I also bought a 1.5 ft 3.5 male/female stereo audio cable ($5.00). My laptop earphone plug is on the side of my computer and the VGA USB stuff is on the back so I needed a short extension cable to go from the convertor short cable to my computer audio port.

I also bought a 15' VGA cable for $5.00 and that's the whole enchilada.

Hook up is five minutes and the USB plug on the convertor eliminates the bulky and completely unnecessary ac hook up on other computers.

This is a high quality kit. Buy it.

I love being able to use my computer to select what I want and have it work perfectly on the big screen. Makes it all so easy.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
It REALLY worked
By David
Ordered on suspicion of other remarks but, could not locate anything like it locally anywhere NEAR the price. If the local had any suggestion. Even expedited the shipping to have it for the weekend. It arrived ON TIME and well packed. I was SIMPLE..unbox..setup my laptop...get HDMI cable attached to 42" Philips HDTV make the connections and setup laptop to mirror on the monitor, cycle the TV remote to the assigned HDMI and THERE IT WAS..picture then sound when I accessed the desired internet program. It was exactly as discribed and WORKED for over 3 hrs of internet programing. Those who had issues MUST be completely unfamiliar with their equipment..this was practically a no brainer...

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