I have a monitor that has a VGA plug, and I want to connect to the back of my HP computer that has a DVI plug only on the back, will this work for me?
1250625
No, you would need a VGA to DVI when I bought this it was for a DVI to VGA just get the connection the other way around
1250626
It likely will NOT work because it is an adapter versus the actual cable. It has been my experience that adapters are hit or miss propositions and mostly misses. By contrast, however, if you buy a VGA to DVI cable, that setup will work. The cable is only about $2:00 more than the adapter so it is well worth your while to buy the cable. The cable has a VGA plug on one end and a DVI cable on the other end They are designed for the purpose you have just described and typically they work. The adapters, by contrast, are very unreliable. They may work and then, again, they may not.
553472
>can i use this to connect my pc to monitor?Works for me. HDMI output on my laptop to DVI connector on a monitor.
1928890
NO. The vga end of this cable is the female Vga socket, the same socket that you have on your laptop. The cable is designed to plug into a HDMI output on a laptop and then hook to an older style VGA monitor cable. Great for all the new laptops only have HDMI outputs.
1313115
If your computer monitor has a DVI input, you can connect to it using a HDMI to DVI cable. You can not connect directly to your computer unless it has a HDMI input port (I've never seen a computer with a HDMI input port, only output).
1805404
It didn't work to connect my hdmi pc to my vga monitor. I had to buy HDMI Input to VGA Adapter Converter For PC Laptop NoteBook HD DVD. Also, it wouldn't work from my old vga pc to a hdmi tv.
970989
You cannot plug in VGA directly to this. The built in connection is a similar multi-pin connection called DVI. However, I've used a few different brands and styles of DVI-VGA cables and adapters and the work just fine. DVI is supposedly a higher quality/superior connection, but I can't visually tell a difference in any of my uses. The adapters can add bulk to the back of the connection so consider that. I'm sure there are also mini display to VGA adapters as well, but I've never used them.
877510
It only comes with a VGA cord. the vga to hdmi adapter should work fine. The quality won't be as good of course, but it will work. You could just hook into the VGA plug on the back of the monitor as well. I am using a StarTech HDMI(male) to DVI(female) converter, since the PC comes with DVI and that works very well.
943751
This monitor will connect to a tower with a VGA connector only. Hope this helps!
716868
It depends on what you are trying to do. You CAN'T go from a VGA output from your computer to a digital input on the monitor. I ended up not using this adapter and buying a new, plain vanilla video card with two HDMI outputs, and connecting my monitors with HDMI cables. ( P.S., this was a snap; there was futzing around involved at all).
1831758
No. This will go to the monitor VGA input alright but hooks up to the computers USB port. You need to be running Windows.
1642966
Edited answer: Monitor is VGA, no this will not work. HDMI and DVI are both digital signals. VGA is analog. DVI carries additional VGA pins that can be adapted to VGA, but those pins to not exist in a VGA header. You need a specialty adapter or a DVI/HDMI capable monitor for this to work.
439261
I really would not know the exact specs. I have a monitor which has a DVI port. I plugged this into that DVI port and then connected a HDMI cable to the other end of the connector. That cable ran to a HDMI port in my Lenovo computer. I would say that if you are connecting a computer with a DVI port to a tv that has a HDMI port it would work. I have a laptop that I hooked up to my TV with the old 9 pin VGA cable and it worked fine although I had to hook up audio jacks between the laptop and TV as well. So if you are trying to send video signal out from a DVI port to a HDMI port I would say it would work just fine. That is basically what I am doing.
723015
Your workstation is listed as having two DisplayPort and one VGA video outputs. Did it not come with this adapter? If not, it then depends on the inputs on your monitor. If it will accept DP, DVI, or VGA then you have options. You can either get a DP cable, VGA cable, or this adapter and use a DVI cable. That's why I had to get the adapters, because the monitors I was using would only take DVI or VGA input and I wanted to connect to them using the DVI port. Hope this helps.
364495
Hello, just look at the monitor's port for the power cable. If the port's shape is similar then it should work. That's what I did with my AC adapter for my laptop. It like any power cord that comes with any electronic.
1680497
Yes! I called HP and they told me this computer only had one VGI port. But it does not. It has VGA AND VGI. I have two of these computers and have dual monitors on both. They work great. I love this computer!
1491693
it uses standard DVI connector in the back of the monitor (the white one). Your DVI computer port must be compatible.
916222
I have this HP monitor sitting in my closet not hooked up to a computer. I would like to hook up a dvd player to the monitor and watch movies on it in my garage at my workbench. ( There is no computer involved) The monitor only has VGA input. Will this cord allow me to connect a dvd player directly to the monitor and watch movies?