HDMI Male to VGA Male Cable

ttenneb

Is it possible to link a Dell Latitude D520 to the TV in order to watch a video file on the TV screen using a VGA Male to HDMI male cable?

ZENER

It would be a converter rather than just a cable but they're not as expensive as they used to be. You might have under or over scanning issues and possibly problems with resolutions plus the audio will be a separate cable.

Search eBay or Adverts.

Here's an example from Adverts.

Ken

ttenneb

In my innocence I thought I could get a cable for under €5 that would do the whole connection. But apart from the expense of the converter I'd also need an audio cable as well as the main cable. I visited Maplin earlier today and was aghast at the price of the converter. Thanks for your advice Ken.

Armchair Andy

Was looking at something similar myself too. Something i can manage without when I came across the prices! $1200 no thanks.

ttenneb

Problem solved, for the moment. An older Silvercrest TV I had as a spare is equipped with a VGA socket, so I was able to link up the laptop with the TV using a VGA cable which I also had in waiting. Thanks again.

Keplar240B

ttenneb wrote: »

In my innocence I thought I could get a cable for under €5 that would do the whole connection. But apart from the expense of the converter I'd also need an audio cable as well as the main cable. I visited Maplin earlier today and was aghast at the price of the converter. Thanks for your advice Ken.

Maplin are very expensive with very few exceptions everything is marked up big there.

Diemos

They are pretty cheap on ebay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.Xvga+hdmi.TRS0&_nkw=vga+hdmi&_sacat=0