DVI and VGA were at one point the most common methods of connecting monitors to devices, but decades later, what's the practical difference between them?

Running dual monitors can add some serious efficiencies to your working process. You can customize the configurations and bounce between both screens. Use them separately or connect them to drag ...

Reader Mike ordered a new Dell system that came with a 21.5-inch LCD monitor. Although the monitor includes VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs, it included only a VGA cable–even though the setup instructions ...

With televisions, HDMI is the most common connector. But if you want to connect a computer to your TV (or you've got a new computer monitor), the options tend to be HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, and ...

Do I risk any damage in hot plugging video cables? I have a DVI PowerBook, and have had NO trouble hot plugging a monitor in (well, usually a projector at school...) or 'hot pulling' it out. The ...

The HP Mini 1000 netbook is about an inch thick and weighs just 2.25 pounds. But in order to achieve that small size, HP made a few compromises. The maximum hard drive capacity is 60GB, because HP ...

It is a fact that the release of USB back in the 90's, has highly impacted our way of interacting with computer devices, while also replacing obsolete RS232 and Parallel connections. Today it is the ...

With the 30-pin dock connector on the brink of extinction, you’re probably wandering how you’re going to hook your iOS devices up to your TV without the help of an Apple TV. Your old HDMI and VGA ...

[Ladada2001] sent along a project link for building a VGA extension cable using CAT5. This particular project was for a projector with BNC connectors. This has been a particularly popular (and easy) ...

In a world where standards come and go with alarming speed, there’s something comforting about VGA. It’s the least common denominator of video standards, and seeing that chunky DB15 connector on the ...