Did you ever wonder what your monitor and your computer are talking about behind your back? As it turns out, there’s quite a conversation going on while the monitor and the computer decide how to get ...

Reader Mike ordered a new Dell system that came with a 21.5-inch LCD monitor. Although the monitor includes VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs, it included only a VGA cable–even though the setup instructions ...

VGA cables use three-row, 15-pin video graphics array (VGA) adapters to connect video and computer monitors, video cards, and some high definition televisions (HDTV). They carry analog signals rather ...

Even with today’s ever-changing technology, people are still left with so many devices that are old fashioned from a technical point of view. Such devices sometimes require old ports and wires to ...

Do I risk any damage in hot plugging video cables? I have a DVI PowerBook, and have had NO trouble hot plugging a monitor in (well, usually a projector at school...) or 'hot pulling' it out. The ...

An older computer system fed RGB video and composite-synchronization signals through four 75Ω coaxial cables to an RGB color monitor 150 feet away. To upgrade it, the replacement VGA video cards could ...

I just ordered a new Asus 24" monitor for home use supposing I could hook it up via DisplayPort to my Radeon 6950. Lo and behold it came with only a VGA and a DVI cable. While very annoying I took it ...