vga to hdmi convertor box

[ddmcm]

I have a vga to hdmi convertor box, which woks with a friends 42" toashiba tv, also works with my Benq 22" lcd monitor but NOT with my Panasonic 42" plasma tv .... any suggestions ??

 

[legokill101]

well first does you computer happen to have a dvi out?

 

[ddmcm]

hi lego
short answer, no.
i'm using an older Toshiba Satellite laptop with only a VGA port to drive a second display

 

[legokill101]

what other ports does it have?

 

[ddmcm]

it has -

3 x USB
1 x Ethernet
1 x VGA

and that's about it, excluding phono and card (SD etc) slot

 

[hang-the-9]

Not all HDMI versions work with each other. I had an older Sony tube HD TV hat did not display any video from my DVD player though HDMI.
You could try a different converter brand maybe if you think it's worth trying it, may not work either though.

There are some USB HDMI video cards, but since they tend to be slow it may not work for 1080p stuff. 720 should be OK though. http://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-GUC2025H-External-Video-Interface/dp/B004OA73PW

And once again, the HDMI output may not work with our TV same as the other converter you have.

 

[ddmcm]

hang-the-9 you are spot on (sadly)
I got in touch with the company who sold me the unit and they said .. 🙁

"We have forwarded this to our manufacturers technical team and they have said that this converter does not work with the HDMI chipset in Panasonic TV's."

so I need to try another converter, I'll post here when I find one that works .. 😀

 

[Mousemonkey]

I don't know if these are available in your part of the world but still.
http://www.gefen.uk.com/conversion-boxes-vga-conversion-c-462_512.html

 

[ddmcm]

MM

they are available since I'm in the UK ..

but they are way way out of my price range, lol.

but thanks for the link

 

[Mousemonkey]

Sorry but I don't know of any "cheap" solutions that that can be guaranteed to work, the company I work for tend to use Gefen kit because being in the UK makes them handy for tech support.

 

[legokill101]

you could try this if it is available http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/StarTech.com-Mini-HDMI-to-VGA-Adapter-for-Digital-Still-Video-Camera/3017774.aspx?cm_mmc=ShoppingFeeds-_-GoogleBase-_-Cables/Audio/Video%20Cables-_-3017774_StarTech.com%20Mini%20HDMI%20to%20VGA%20Adapter%20for%20Digital%20Still%20_%20Video%20Camera_STP-MNHD2VGAE2&gclid=CJP4xYas57kCFQqe4Aod_A4Ayw

 

[ddmcm]

thanks Lego

but that is going the wrong way (HDMI to VGA) lol , I want to go the other way .... VGA to HDMI

dD 😀

 

[legokill101]

its bi directional i belive ie it cna go either way