Making microcontrollers produce video has long been a staple of hardware hacking, but as the resolution goes up, it becomes a struggle for less capable silicon. To get higher resolution VGA from an ...

Earlier today, Panasonic announced refreshed models of its long-established Let’s Note laptop series. However, for the first time in its history, we have a Let’s Note portable that doesn’t have a VGA ...

Running dual monitors can add some serious efficiencies to your working process. You can customize the configurations and bounce between both screens. Use them separately or connect them to drag ...

[gmgfarrand] needed an extra USB port to power some devices. Since he just needed power, and no data, he slapped together this quick adapter that pulls power from the vga port instead. While we’re not ...

The Monoprice 12-in-1 USB-C to Dual-HDMI+VGA Triple Display Docking Station is a mouthful of words. But the message here is that this hub is for someone with a legacy display that they’re just not ...

Some laptops automatically switch to VGA output when the computer detects a VGA device connected to the VGA port. Locate the 15-pin VGA port on the back or side of your laptop. Align your monitor's ...

In 2023 (and the soon-to-be 2024), trying to find a brand-new laptop with a DVD drive is like trying to find a still-standing Blockbuster that offers DVD rentals. The PC market, both desktop and ...

Lenovo’s Tower 17IRB8 features a VGA port which is an odd thing to see on what it is billing as a 2023 gaming computer. For those who were in nappies at the time, a VGA port was state of the art in ...

Rival processor makers Intel and AMD may not agree on much, but they are of one mind about the future of the venerable VGA graphics port: it doesn’t have one. The two chipmakers are joined by Dell, ...

Your friend is mistaken. This serial port he is talking about is called "CGA" and closely resembles a serial port. However it still requires a graphics card and a monitor! You can convert a CGA signal ...