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Why does it have a VGA port instead of a DVI port?
by Aqwis 14y ago
Why does it have a VGA port instead of a DVI port?
- mark-r 14y agoIt also has HDMI. They should have dropped the VGA and saved a buck.
- icefox 14y agoOn the flip side I can pick up a VGA monitor off the curb (i.e. free) while the cheapest HDMI monitor is still expensive.
- nl 14y agothe cheapest HDMI monitor is still expensive Everyone has different levels for what "expensive" means. You can get new HDMI monitors for well under $150, and new DVI monitors for well under $100, and DVI<->HDMI adaptors are under $10.
- polshaw 14y agoSure but it is worth baring in mind the context-- that this is a $50 PC.
- nl 14y agoExactly. ~$100 for a monitor (which can also be used with other computers) isn't expensive when we are talking about a $50 board.
- angusgr 14y agoWhether "it's expensive" depends entirely on the market. There are markets (developing countries, education) where tripling the total cost of the setup, compared to using a monitor you already have, is significant.
- J0415 14y agoBecause having both a DVI and a HDMI port is redundant. HDMI is backwards compatible with DVI so you can convert DVI <-> HDMI easily, but not VGA which is analog.