5 ms·
I've found VGA on literally on the TV's and monitors I've come across until now, regardless of which end of the price spectrum they are on. Plus these ports are
by as1mov 7y ago
I've found VGA on literally on the TV's and monitors I've come across until now, regardless of which end of the price spectrum they are on. Plus these ports are durable too, you might get some glitchy tinted picture due to dust/bent pins, but it's better than nothing.
Just last week, my team had to attend a meeting where our manager was going to project a presentation on a TV, sadly the HDMI port of the TV was not working so everybody's Macbook and it's dongles were useless. My manager had to resort to transferring the presentation file to my HP Probook and using it to present, which thankfully still sports a good set of ports (the only gripe I have is the lack on DP/mini DP).
- yyyk 7y agoVGA can barely do 2K not 4K, so most 2K and all 4K computer monitors don't include it. So it's not exactly that VGA is 'everywhere', rather that 4K computer monitors are a small section of the market, enthusiasts aside. 4K TVs are much more common - but many of those still have a VGA port (I guess TV owners are much more forgiving?).
- y4mi 7y agoI got a full HD (vertical, IPS), 2k (IPS) and a 4k (TN) screen on my desk. All have VGA. I also have a 4k tv on my wall. It also has VGA.
- yyyk 7y agoYou have 4K equipment with a VGA port. But does it actually do 4K when using VGA or does it just downscale? I haven't ever seen any VGA cable which can go above 2048×1536, and that's also the maximum wiki mentions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector#Cable_quality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA_connector#Cable_quality
- y4mi 7y agoit upscales and its refresh rate is quite limited (i think to 25fps). we're talking about the presence of the connector, which let people actually use these screens - even when its not with the full resolution
- yyyk 7y agoAh, so it 'pays' with a low refresh rate. That makes sense. That said, my point was that 4K computer monitors are rare (despite some communities of enthusiasts), and nearly everything currently in use has a VGA port.
- rbanffy 7y agoWhen I set my mom up, in 2003 or so, I gave her one of mine 21" Integraph monitors. I was a bit jealous when I realized her computer was able to do accelerated 24 bpp 2048×1536 on that gorgeous (and back-breaking) screen. My laptop at the time could drive on external screen at 1024x768 and that was it. :-(
- userbinator 7y agoVGA is an analog signal, so there is no theoretical limit, and the degradation is graceful --- edges of individual pixels will start looking blurry as you get closer to the physical limitations, but a recognisable image continues to appear.
- ghaff 7y agoIt's slowly changing. The last 2 or 3 conferences I was at had HDMI which I could plug directly into my MacBook Pro. But I still always carry a VGA dongle around as well.
- as1mov 7y agoMost of my colleagues who have the newer Macbooks (the one's which only have USB-C) do carry the USB-C->HDMI dongles, but they seem to break pretty often or worse, people outright steal them.