StarTech.com 2x1 VGA + HDMI to VGA Converter Switch w/ Priority Switching – Multi-format VGA and HDMI to VGA Selector – 1080p (VS221HD2VGA)

***APPLICATION***Wanted to use my Lenovo W530 laptop with my HP MX70 CRT. My gear is vintage and so am I.***LIKES***StarTech is a great company - they build quality product that works well and they also have great support. I’ve bought a lot of their products and used their support once to deal with a technical issue - which they handled quickly and effectively.This product is a good representation of what they put out: it is well-designed and engineered, and manufactured to high standards. It’s certainly a practical design, and yet it’s much classier as compared to all the competitors I’ve seen.There was no interference or distortion in the image from the laptop - it was nice and crisp.While gaming there was no significant lag as is often a concern with these VGA interfaces.***DISLIKES***I will not take off a star for this, but you oftentimes will pay more - sometimes a LOT more - for their product versus a competitor’s product. The reason I won’t take off a star is all the reasons stated in my likes! 😎***TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?***Do you need an HDMI to VGA interface? Do you want to buy a quality product from a reputable manufacturer? Then heck yes, BUY IT!

I am willing to invest in a reliable HDMI to VGA Adapter with sound. Doing a little bit of research, people suggested StarTech so I give them a try. The products feels high quality, reminder of the premium price it charges. Looking forward to connect HDMI to my monitor which happens to have only 1 HDMI input.

I have a Dell Inspiron 14z laptop with a 19" Dell monitor. The monitor has only a VGA connection, the laptop doesn't. I had originally bought a VGA to mini display port adapter which worked great until the port (on the pc) somehow got damaged and would not accept the adapter.So, deciding to connect to the pc's HDMI port I bought the Etekcity 1080P adapter which seemed from the description to be made for the purpose and (maybe this should have been a warning sign!) was quite inexpensive.Anyway to make a long story short, it fit fine, but nothing I tried would get it to work. I returned it to Amazon (great customer service!) and ordered the "StarTech.com HD2VGAE2 HDMI to VGA Converter" which arrived in two days(I highly recommend Prime), plugged right in, and worked like a champ form the get-go.As a side light, before ordering from Amazon I had gone with my problem to the local Best Buy and Radio Shack stores, hoping for a quick fix adapter and was told in both cases that no such thing existed or that if it did it would be 'very expensive.'

I purchased a new laptop that came without an VGA port. I didn't think much about that until I went to use it on a monitor that lacks an HDMI port. When the product came I plugged it in and it worked perfectly on my home monitor, which has both VGA and HDMI inputs. I have a second residence and when I plugged the adapter into that monitor, it exceeded the limits of the horizontal and vertical controls. I tried everything I could think of, and nothing worked. Some of the icons were outside the limits of the screen, and the screen adjustments could not compensate. I sent an email to the vendor, which took a few days to respond. In the meantime, I happened to right-click the screen, and discovered that I could adjust the aspect ratio, which fixed the problem. When the vendor responded, it was with suggestions that would not have fixed the problem, but meanwhile, things are working fine.

I have a ViewSonic G220fb CRT, which can get up to 110KHz, and this adapter supports this frequency perfectly.I am now running this monitor at 1920 * 1440 @ 73Hz, and it is great. Hopefully I can get a card that supports interlacing soon, so I'll update this review if I can get that working.As it is now, this adapter should be good to go for PC CRT use up to this frequency, at least.Edit: It seems to be able to do up to about 289 MHz for the dot clock before it gets some weird artifacting. It can do a teensy bit more but I wouldn't advise it.Edit 2: A rev 2 was apparently released, with a slightly improved clock of 297 MHz, so that's nice. I do wish There was one out there which could reach up a bit higher, but this is the best I know of.

I purchased the item to take on the road with me when traveling for work in case I needed an adapter for my presentation. Upon opening the package, the item fell apart--the plastic plate that holds the inside piece inside, fell out. since I needed the item, I tried to snap the plastic piece back in place and attach the adapter. Unfortunately, it did not work. Luckily, an associate had an adapter that I could borrow. My poor planning to purchase the item and not use it soon enough; now I am unable to return the item. It has never been used because it fell apart. I think this is poor workmanship and would like the company to stand behind the product.

I trust the brand. Keeps working when others fail. Time and time again.

Perfect for retrogaming on a CRT and a set of speakers......I just have a couple of notes:If your system has any other audio output, be sure your system is outputting sound over HDMI if you want to use this adapter's sound capabilities. Also, if your system has multiple HDMI outputs, be sure your system is outputting sound over the HDMI output that you are using.