🔌 StarTech.com Active DisplayPort to VGA Adapter - 1080p Video, DP Certified, Latching DP Connector (DP2VGA2) Review

I tried to buy another brand of the same device type from Best Buy but it didn't work so I lost $50. Thank you best buy! I called nVidia tech support and they told me the problem was almost certainly the adapter. But it's brand new! I protested. "Ha," said the technician, "that doesn't mean it's going to work. Please try another one." Soooo I threw my $50 in the trash and ordered this one. The Star Tech product is clearly way better than the Best Buy option as Star Tech works perfectly. I would

My work sent me a new laptop and dock but no new monitors so I still use old flat screens that only have a VGA port. Needing 2 of these and a docking station with only 1 VGA input left me with the frustrating 1 monitor puzzle last week. I almost bought DVI-VGA but luckily came across a review saying it wouldn't work so the only option left was a display port input which I wasn't aware of. I bought it and have my fingers crossed that it works and gives me the performance I get with two monitors.

Before I received the unit, based on product research alone I wasn't sure if this unit would fit my setup (Samsung Galaxy S9 projector with HDMI) or it might fail sooner, because it is cheap material. The overall construction feels solid, although of course I'm careful with my electronics as there's no stress on the cable. I've used it for 26 hours on 12 intermittent occasions and haven't had any performance issues. The USB-C connector is said to be non-specific in terms of orientation (there…

Obviously most people these days aren't interested in connecting a display port to legacy technology like a 70 pound CRT monitor, but that's why I originally bought the adapter. First version, resolution is limited to a maximum of 1280 x 1024. For me it's "no bueno". I have a couple of CRTs that natively output a very high resolution of 1600x1200 at 85Hz. So don't expect this adapter to be able to do the job that more expensive VGA scalers actually do. However, for typical applications like…

If you have all the other hardware this adapter will help you get started with a 3 display/monitor system. I have an MSI graphics card with one Radeon chip AMD 7770. It's becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of all the possible incarnations that can arise when the same chip is present on so many different graphics cards. There are several different versions of the MSI Radeon HD7770 card alone.. My MSI card has a full-size DisplayPort, HDMI, and DVI-D output, so there are three total…