FOINNEX VGA to HDMI Adapter Converter with Audio, PC V G A Source Output to TV/Monitor with H D M I Connector, Active Male VGA in Female HDMI 1080P Video Dongle Adaptador for Computer Laptop Projector

This product is sufficiently capable that it successfully connects the (very small, 4:3 aspect ratio) output of a 1993-era Macintosh to the (12 times larger, 16:9 aspect ratio) input of a 2025-era display. Very impressive. It does not deal completely neatly with less-common resolutions that use what some cheap VGA monitors would ignore as overscan, but that is hardly surprising. A very well-made piece of kit for the price.

For the price, anyone who functions as the IT person for their friends and family should have one of these. Many usable but older Dell workstations for example are small and generally only have a VGA port and if you have an old VGA style monitor you will need to convert the VGA to HDMI and this does that while piping in the audio out from the computer into the HDMI line.It works flawlessly and doesn't require thinking at all to use, basically like having a chunky wire that connects two different shaped ports and powers directly off the computers USB.But one now even if you don't need one if you are reading this and keep it with the ungodly collection of cables I would guess you have already.

Fit the job and solved the problem I had

It works just fine out-of-the-box if you use it properly - so read more and pay attention.YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE USB cable plugged into a powered USB port, because it needs power to work!NO POWER, NO WORKEY!I am using this item on an older computer that only has a VGA out port so that I can use a newer monitor that only has an HDMI port. IT WORKS JUST FINE for that! Only works from computer VGA port to HDMI monitor or TV port - and only if it has power. It only works in the from-a-computer-to-a-video-display direction.NOTE: IF YOU TRY TO USE IT TO A VGA MONITOR, IT WILL NOT WORK IN THAT DIRECTION because it is not made to do that.The provided audio cable can be plugged into your computer speaker out port and into the device, which allows the device to have an audio signal from your computer (if the computer audio port has a signal) on the HDMI out (say you wanted to play a DVD on the old computer, and wanted to plug the computer into a large screen TV to see and hear the movie playing on the computer). But you don't need to have the audio if all you are interested in is the computer display -- but it's there if you want to use it!For me, this is a very useful device, allowing me to use older computers with newer monitors or a large screen LCD TV. Very cool! Decent picture - keep in mind that the original signal is VGA, so the quality can only be as good as the VGA signal coming out of your computer. THE DEVICE WORKS AND DOES WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO.Hope this review helps you non-technical people. It really is a good and useful product if you use it correctly.

This thing was super simple and works like a charm! Simply plugged it in and BOOM it started working. Nothing to install. Very pleased!

So, many cables and adaptors have plastic screws, that if you aren't careful, can easily be damaged. This one has metal screws, a good touch. But I would like to know who designed this thing and made it IMPOSSIBLE to access the screws with a screw driver. SO I put it on, and managed to tighten one of the screws using my fingers, but not the other. Then the thing wouldn't work. I tried and tried, decided to remove it.. Couldn't, couldn't get the screw I'd managed to tighten out. Then I read here that it has to be connected to USB. The directions that didn't come with it didn't say so, nad I thought the USB was just to hook up audio to a monitor, and mine doesn' have any speaekers. SO now, I'll try and maybe it will work, but I don't want a device I can't remove, and I've found some others that look like a better design. How do I undo the tightened screw ?Why would you put in screw heads that can't be reached with a screw driver. I am scratching my head: I want to be rid of this thing and I can't even remove it from my computer. Plus: no that I look at, the tight space probably won't allow for that USB cable to be connected anyway (old Mac G4)

It works just fine, you may need a longer aux audio cable than the one it comes with, it plugged into my 18 year old acer aspire, and I can watch my robocop prime directives 4 movie saga on my 70inch smart tv. Sweet! I give it 4 or 5 stars. Damn good! Thank you!!! Well worth 13 bucks!

This is a good handy item to have around the house.