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Curt Palme CRT Tech
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:11 pm Post subject: VGA to HDMI generic adapters- do they work? |
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Gents, I have a tiny church that needs the addition of an additional television. The existing TVs are a few years old, and they run a VGA output laptop into a Monoprice VGA distro amp, and then out to the TVs. They DO NOT have the budget to switch to HDMI, I've asked.
So finding a 70" TV with a VGA input is almost impossible. Philips still makes one in their commercial lineup, but the price might put us out of the competition.
So the alternative is to use a generic VGA to HDMI converter. Since everything is Powerpoint, there's no HDCP to worry about, ever.
I'll change the Monoprice 3 way distro amp to an Extron 4 way, then run the VGA to HDMI adapter, into a CAT5 Tx/Rx extender, as the run is about 60'.
Do the generic converters work that I can find on eBay? Has anyone tried them before? I haven't, and want to make sure there's a fair chance of this working before I spring on this.
Thanks!
Last edited by Curt Palme on Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:19 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Curt Palme CRT Tech
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Link Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2018 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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Groovy, post corrected, and yes, a used Extron would be the way to go.
Cheers!
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AnalogRocks Forum Moderator
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Link Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Curt Palme wrote: | Groovy, post corrected, and yes, a used Extron would be the way to go.
Cheers! |
Just remember to change the caps in the power supply before installing. Lately I've had 4 extron boxes die from bad caps.
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