• Anna
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    98 months ago

    Can someone explain what is this to people born in this century.

      • @[email protected]
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        28 months ago

        if you look hard enough

        I think I have seen as many VGA cables as I did HDMI ones. I also have seen many people using adapters for the two standards. So I think they are still very common.

    • @[email protected]
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      168 months ago

      It’s a security cable so no one will steal your computer because a 65 lb monitor is friggin stuck to it.

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    • @Ottomateeverything
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      168 months ago

      It’s basically an analog version of an HDMI cable. Except no audio, only video.

      It’s like the yellow RCA cable, but for computer monitors instead of TVs

      • @TrickDacy
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        108 months ago

        Except it transmitted several times the resolution of an RCA cable

        • @Ottomateeverything
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          18 months ago

          Yeah, I just meant for explaining the function of what the thing does.

    • @[email protected]
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      It’s how we connected monitors to our PCs. Before I had DVI I used that to connect my desktop to my monitor. My old laptop had that port but now they have HDMI, adding audio and some other features I never use.

      • @jqubed
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        138 months ago

        Just to tag along, the VGA signal is analog where DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort are digital

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          DVI had an analog variant as well. I’m obligated to say this because that cable compatibility confused the shit out of me at least once.

          You had to check for pins above and below the wide “dash” shaped pin to know if it supported analog.