HDMI to VGA adapter has arrived.

[Ivan Avery Frey]

On 27/09/13 02:18 PM, William Park wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 01:40:46PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>> | From: Evan Leibovitch <evan-ieNeDk6JonTYtjvyW6yDsg at public.gmane.org>
>>
>> | On 27 September 2013 12:22, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> | Sorry bout that, No need for auction.
>> | http://www.ebay.com/itm/HDMI-Male-To-VGA-D-SUB-15-pins-Female-Video-AV-Adapter-Cable-For-HDTV-TV-PC-/121179789771
>>
>> That's a remarkable price, with free shipping.  I'm intrigued and
>> might order one.
>>
>> Better to give an ebay.ca link, I think
>> <http://www.ebay.ca/itm/HDMI-Male-To-VGA-D-SUB-15-pins-Female-Video-AV-Adapter-Cable-For-HDTV-TV-PC-/121179789771>
>>
>> But I don't trust the device.  The description seems fishy.
>>
>> - "Connecting Digital video and Digital Audio in one" and yet
>>    "Please be noted: this cable only support analog signal, not digital signal."
>
> Right here, you know it's scam.  How can you not support "digital
> signal" when going from HDMI (digital) to VGA (analog)?

The writer could have meant that the signal output is analog, which, duh 
is obvious because VGA output is analog. If it can't support an HDMI 
signal well then it's a scam. This is why Hugh calls the description fishy.

My guess is this is an holdover from a description of a DVI adapter. DVI 
is a weird standard in that there is DVI-A DVI-D and DVI-I. Respectively 
that means cables that can carry an analog, digital or both (the I here 
stands for Integrated).

Ivan.
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