My church has a ceiling installed projector with a VGA plug and we just bought a new laptop that has HDMI only. Will this do the job?
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I do not believe it will. The VGA is the input, and the output is HDMI. It sounds like you need to convert from the HDMI to VGA.
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No, it can convert only vga to hdmi, so you need another converter that can convert hdmi to vga to connect laptop to the projector.
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NO, it works just the other way around. You feed it with a VGA signal and it returns an HDMI signal.
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Unfortunatly not, this device goes From VGA to HDMI. You would need a laptop with vga and projector with HDMI
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I hooked up a laptop to input 1, and my projector saw it fine but when I hooked up an ipad to a vga adapter the projector did not see the signal. It may be a resolution issue with ipads but laptops work fine
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My best guess is YES. I used it to connect a HDMI output from a receiver to an LCD Projector that had a VGA only input. Worked great.
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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.
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I purchased this to connect to my laptop by HDMI, and my projector by VGA, it did not work.
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If you are able to run the projector with VGA then your projector is set up to receive VGA. My laptop outputs VGA but my TV receives HDMI, not VGA. This is a converter. It only changes the signal from VGA to HDMI. I don't think it amplifies the signal. I am not an expert, but I suspect the more times you convert a signal something may be lost. If your projector receives VGA as well as HDMI, I can see no reason why you would get an improvement by converting the signal. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" would seem to apply here.
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only if your laptop has a very specific vga card, you would actually need a vga to hdmi that has a in line convertor, some people have bought this wire not knowing that it won't work
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This depends on the video output of the PC. A friend of mine had a simular senario trying to connect a Samsung Smart TV that had only HDMI output to an Emachine desktop that only had VGA. It didnt work.
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Yes, I hooked the cable to my laptop straight to my projector. 200+inch image on my wall. If you plan on plugging in and unplugging this cable repeatedly I would not recommend it. I have purchased multiple hdmis at this pricepoint, they have all stopped working over time when plugged in and taken out (could be coincidence).
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I purchased this adapter for a laptop that has a micro HDMI output on it. If your laptop has a micro HDMI connector on it, then this adapter will work. If you have a VGA port only on your laptop, this adapter will not work. There are VGA to HDMI adapters available on Amazon.
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That is the reason I purchased it. It did not work. This converts hdmi to vga. Not vga to hdmi which is what we need. With what I have learned it only works one way.
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I'm sorry, but I have to correct James C. Kenny's answer. It absolutely, positively matters. This adapter, as most others, CAN NOT work VGA --> HDMI. You can find some that will do VGA --> HDMI, but you'll get mixed results. The ones that do work usually have an external power supply attached.
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to hook it up to a projector it fits nicely, but this item I bought for my Apple TV because it needs hdmi. So I am using my Apple TV to stream everything and show it through my LCD projector. You would only connect this to your laptop through the hdmi port and then connecting the VGA cord from the projector to the adapter
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I have a kind of unique setup, I have an HDMI to VGA converter plugged into the output on the switcher going to my projector. It seems the power draw was too much with the converter in the mix and there was no signal on the projector even though the blue LED lit up and I could select input on the switcher. After plugging in the 5v power it is working correctly. So if you have a setup similar to this you might think about the powered unit, I was lucky enough to have a plug laying around to provide power to the unit to get it working.
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We had it plugged to our projector through the hdmi cable. Should be the same thing as plugging to you computer.
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No you need a VGA to HDMI converter http://www.amazon.com/SANOXY%C2%AE-Black-Adapter-Converter-Laptop/dp/B007KFVQXI
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Hi Jennifer. I think it should work just fine. My laptop only has an HDMI port as well and this adapter works great for PowerPoint projectors and monitors. It was a convenient, low cost work around. Good luck!