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Best VGA to HDMI converter? Suggestions please?

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First post, by Keatah

Posted on 2022-09-26, 06:11

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Thinking of giving up on repairing a few LCD 4:3 monitors and modernizing all my display hardware. This means new monitors with HDMI only inputs. But I still have some VGA only graphics cards and systems still being used.

So I need some recommendations for a VGA-to-HDMI converter. Points of interest would be low-latency and ability to work with resolutions 1600 x 1200 on down to DOS-game resolutions.

Thanks in advance to all!

Reply 1 of 4, by Sphere478

Posted on 2022-09-26, 07:02

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I too would like to just find a simple active cable that does this but I fear that all that I order won’t work for one reason or another.

My requirements are basically the same. (Plus bios)

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Reply 2 of 4, by Keatah

Posted on 2022-09-29, 09:20

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After researching into a lot of the cheaper cables I find that they work with specific resolutions and refresh rates, mostly 60Hz only. So that doesn't seem to cover anything near the variety of modes/signals VGA and SVGA output.

Reply 3 of 4, by swaaye

Posted on 2022-10-01, 15:30

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Probably one of the Extron RGB-DVI or RGB-HDMI boxes. They can be found second hand.
ie https://www.extron.com/product/rgbdvi300

Look over this thread. Maybe skip forward to around 2019.
VGA Capture Thread

Nothing is perfect though.

Reply 4 of 4, by Keatah

Posted on 2022-10-06, 18:46

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Well I had another crack at it and got the faulty monitor working..

In my short travels of researching VGA-to-HDMI I found nothing that would've been satisfactory. Either the range of resolutions supported was specific and narrow, or the lag was too long. And then there were the complexities of configuration on ones that seemed might be acceptable, nowhere near as simple as just plugging it in.

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