[PLUG] VGA still useful?

[Wayne E. Van Loon]

I'm looking at doing a control system job with Dell rack mount servers 
rather than my usual personal computer boxes. I am disappointed to see 
that the Dell R430 on-board video is VGA only (I assume HD15).

I had to replace my flat panel lately, and was not surprised to see that 
HD15 connectors are going away on new flat panels.

I was able to get one (Acer) with HD15 VGA, DVI and HDMI, but it wasn't 
the best buy at Best Buy. But for the time being, I can support older 
systems without some sort of an adapter.
Wayne

On 11/04/2015 10:24 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 03:41:45PM -0800, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
>> I'm (again) toying with the idea of a new laptop. As I look at models I see ... VGA?
>> Is VGA still needed for projectors? If not I see no need for it.
> I give lots of presentations, using a smaller, older laptop
> with HD15 ("VGA" and other resolutions) video.  The docking
> cradle has DVI, but I prefer not to lug along the extra weight,
> so I have a HD15 to DVI and HDMI adapter.
>
> About 10% of venue projectors are old and HD15 only, about 10%
> are HDMI only screens, most have more than one interface, some
> have all three, and even have ethernet.  Most problems stem
> from projector and screen aspect ratio, with older systems
> using 4:3 and newer systems using 16:10 or 16:9 or some
> other media-focused aspect ratio.
>
> Keith
>