That’ll give you a pure digital signal (VGA is analog) and a much sharper picture at higher resolutions. Your Dell ST2210 has a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080, which you can and should use.

HDMI has limitations, though, and isn't always the perfect choice. For example, your TV likely has HDMI 1.4 connections, which max out at 3,820x2,160-pixel resolution at 30 frames per second.

Ballpark figure for a HDMI to VGA decoder is around 200 mA at 5 volts. That's a watt. For such a small device, you're going to expect that to make it fairly warm.

I'm trying to hookup my X-Box 360 to my Dell 2405FPW monitor and I've purchased VGA cables to try as well as component cables. With the VGA cables I can get 1080p and component will only do 1080i ...

The VGA (Video Graphics Array) port is being phased out with the emergence of thinner and lighter computers, which now come with display interfaces like HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface ...

Thunderbolt Gen 1 and 2 don’t support USB 3.1, Type C or even 3.0 for that matter. An adapter wouldn’t have fixed this problem. However, Apple is releasing Thunderbolt 3 later in 2015.

How to connect your PC to a projector. 1. Ensure both your laptop and your projector are powered off before connecting the two via the VGA cable, HDMI cable, and/or additional adapters.