[NJTechDiv] HDMI to something cable

[The Blind MacGyver]

you have to be careful of the connectors you buy. The connectors that are on older computers are VGA, HDMI, DVI. If your connector has three rows of pens which total 15 that is a VGA port. If your connector has Approximately 18 pins half the connector and the other side has a longer divider in the middle, that is a DVI port. Even if you get the matching connectors, sometimes the HDMI to DVI port may still not work or VGA.

From: Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv
Date: 12/01/2021, 9:25 AM
Subject: [NJTechDiv] HDMI to something cable

I just bought a new PC.It doesn’t have a monitor, which is OK since I hardly ever use one.It has an HDMI cable, but the monitor I have has the old-style cable with the pin connector.I’m sure there’s an HDMI to whatever cable, but does anyone know what that other kind of connector is called, so I get the right thing?

Also, it said something about the monitor needing to be the "active” type, which means nothing to me.How could I tell whether the monitor I have is "active”?I bet it’s not, because it’s older, though not ancient.

Tracy

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