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  1. ghadden

    Do inexpensive HDMI to VGA adapters work?

    A 10m HDMI cable with a cheap DVI-D adapter works beautifully. Running the audio directly out of the cable box into my sound system. Thanks all! And just in time for the Arsenal-Barca match Tuesday!
  2. ghadden

    Do inexpensive HDMI to VGA adapters work?

    Thanks Raymond. I ran today and picked up a good quality 10m HDMI cable, and the HDMI-DVI-D adapter. If that doesn't work I'll snag the Tendak online!
  3. ghadden

    Do inexpensive HDMI to VGA adapters work?

    Or, I can just try the Tendak, as you suggest Raymond. It's only 13 bucks. But I wonder why some adapter/converters work while others don't. They all claim to do the same thing.
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    Do inexpensive HDMI to VGA adapters work?

    It does in fact have a DVI-D slot. Since I have a long VGA cable already installed and crossing half the house, I wonder if I can add a VGA to DVI adapter. That said, then I'd be running HDMI-VGA out of the cable box, and VGA-DVI-D into the projector. Seems a rather clunky way to get the image...
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    Do inexpensive HDMI to VGA adapters work?

    Hi y'all. Mine doesn't. I'm running the adapter out of my cable TV HDMI slot and into a VGA cable connected to my Hitachi projector. All I get is a red screen when I turn it on. Weirdly, if I do a reset on the cable box I can see the images as its telling me its resetting. Then at the point...
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    HDMI to VGA adaptor problems

    Hi all. I have a Hitachi projector, probably about 8 years old, with the VGA input all set up. I've been watching videos from my Mac laptop for years, with a thunderbolt to VGA adapter. I want to run a HDMI to VGA adaptor from my cable box into the projector. Bought one, made by Vivanco. Hooked...
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