[GRLUG] Used/Cheap monitor with HDMI?

[megadave]

Yeah, I've tried that.. I know it is *supposed* to work, but it didn't.

I had just such an adapter, and got nothing. I took it back to Best
Buy, tested it with a brand new monitor that had a DVI input.

Nothing.  Yes, the monitor was DVI-D.

They let me return the adapter for a replacement. Opened it, tried it,
still nothing.

They could offer no explanation for why it shouldn't work.



On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 12:20 PM, John Wesorick <johnwesorick at gmail.com> wrote:
> DVI and HDMI are the same spec, if I remember correctly. You just need a $2
> adapter to go between the two. That should open up your options.
>
> On Oct 27, 2012 12:15 PM, "megadave" <megadave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of somewhere local one can pick up an inexpensive TV
>> or Monitor? It doesn't have to be very big, 15" would be plenty.
>>
>> But it absolutely has to have an HDMI input.
>>
>> It seems sad to me that a cheap computer (r-Pi) cannot be used with
>> old used monitors, which have only VGA.
>>
>> Composite is so old its almost impossible to find, and HDMI hasn't
>> been around long enough to be cheap yet.
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