FOINNEX VGA to HDMI Adapter Converter with Audio,(PC VGA Source Output to TV/Monitor with HDMI Connector), Active Male VGA in Female HDMI 1080p Video Dongle adaptador for Computer,Laptop,Projector

I am so happy. It works! My screen resolution came out perfectly using my old monitor with a laptop with a VGA video port to hookup to my HDMI dual monitor KVM switch. I was beginning to think I would never find an adapter to work!

It let me hook up an old laptop to the TV. You need to download the .....NOT!!! I lied. It worked immediately.This is great given that I expected tons of problems getting video drivers and such for HDMI. You just plug it in and it worked immediately. I suddenly have a new monitor for the laptop. It happens to be called a TV. Now I have been using ubuntu linux on the laptop. I just needed to go to "display" to decide how I wanted to see it. It already recognized the TV as soon as I powered up the adaptor. For me, the linux laptop needed the TV on so I could see the login prompt. That is no problem without a TV later at all. Just reboot with the bugger unplugged.Oh I suppose with TV 1 you might have the screen resolution off. Or with TV2 you have a higher resolution that leads to unused portions of the TV. That can be fixed quickly with the "display" option on linux. You see there are more than 2 TV's on Earth. It is quite possible that my experience is different from yours because YOU do not have my two TV sets. My TV's both worked fine.Steps... 0.... turn on the TV and the PC/laptop.1. plug it into the VGA port on the PC or laptop.2. plug in the 1/8 inch audio cord into the PC/laptop headphone jack, and the other end into the adaptor.3. plug one end of an HDMI cord into the adaptor, the other end into the TV.4. Power up the adaptor via the power cord from the adaptor into an open USB port on the PC or laptop.For screen resolution, look to the display options on the PC.For TV to see the PC/laptop, hit the "source" button on the TV remote.For sound, make sure the PC/laptop sound is not muted or too quiet. Make sure the TV volume is ok also.It you play some video, the screen resolution might be off such that you cannot see the start/stop buttons of the VLC Player (or windows media player, or parole player, or....etc etc). Try using "display" option on the PC/laptop. Try increasing the screen resolution for the video that goes out to the TV. No good? Do NOT maximize the video, instead you the mouse to adjust the window of the application running the video. just make it slightly less than the size of the screen.Meh... I probably talked too much. It took a lot longer to type this, than to use the adaptor.

This unit was needed to convert a VGA computer output to HDMI for a HDMI KVM. This needs an active convertor and therefore it needs to be connected to a powered USB socket. The USB lead connects on the side of the unit and may impact other existing sockets already in use. Luckly, the VGA socket had no other socket to impede the power USB connection. Sound was not required at the HDMI socket and so this connection was not used. Other converter options had the unit hanging off the computer's VGA on a short cable but this unit sits directly on the VGA socket. This was a much tidier option. The important thing is the unit works really well and after some initial concerns there are no complaints.

It works just fine out-of-the-box if you use it properly - so read more and pay attention.YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE USB cable plugged into a powered USB port, because it needs power to work!NO POWER, NO WORKEY!I am using this item on an older computer that only has a VGA out port so that I can use a newer monitor that only has an HDMI port. IT WORKS JUST FINE for that! Only works from computer VGA port to HDMI monitor or TV port - and only if it has power. It only works in the from-a-computer-to-a-video-display direction.NOTE: IF YOU TRY TO USE IT TO A VGA MONITOR, IT WILL NOT WORK IN THAT DIRECTION because it is not made to do that.The provided audio cable can be plugged into your computer speaker out port and into the device, which allows the device to have an audio signal from your computer (if the computer audio port has a signal) on the HDMI out (say you wanted to play a DVD on the old computer, and wanted to plug the computer into a large screen TV to see and hear the movie playing on the computer). But you don't need to have the audio if all you are interested in is the computer display -- but it's there if you want to use it!For me, this is a very useful device, allowing me to use older computers with newer monitors or a large screen LCD TV. Very cool! Decent picture - keep in mind that the original signal is VGA, so the quality can only be as good as the VGA signal coming out of your computer. THE DEVICE WORKS AND DOES WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO.Hope this review helps you non-technical people. It really is a good and useful product if you use it correctly.