Moread Active HDMI to VGA Adapter with Audio, 2 Pack, Black

5 Stars. A truly "plug-and-play" plug. No drivers required, at least on my linux and Windoze PC's. I picked this item up because I have access to several older monitors, very good quality display for their day, but lower resolution, and only accepting VGA input. The little monitors are perfect for DIY projects, Raspberry Pi setups, secondary displays for HTPCs or dedicated audio player setups, second little screen to display weather forecast or your stock market/cryptocurrency ticker or security camera footage...you get the idea. I've been picking up these great little used VGA monitors for around $6 each. The shopkeeper just said "no one wants anything that won't take HDMI input anymore." So, not only does this inexpensive adapter allow me to plug HDMI output into any of these VGA monitors, it even comes with a headphone jack to tap into the HD audio output that's contained within the HDMI output! There's also a micro usb port in the adapter to provide additional power, presumably for the audio jack, maybe if you wanted to listen to headphones or something. The USB power jack is not necessary for the HDMI video to VGA video to work. The overall build quality and construction feels sturdy. This doesn't feel like a cheap no-name adapter from China that's going to fail after a few weeks, intuition tells me it'll last. If I have any issues down the line, I'll report back. It more than pays for its self by making cheap displays compatible with modern hardware. FYI - this product only works in one direction: HDMI signal to VGA display. If you're looking for the reverse you'll need a different product.

Good value for the money. It work exactly for what I needed it. Would definitely buy again if needed.

I have two older monitors that I wanted to use with my PC laptop and a new Mac mini M1 (2020). My monitors have dual inputs (DVI & VGA). The PC laptop is a work computer, so it got the DVI ports and that left me with the two VGA ports to make it work on the Mini. I tried a bunch of different connectors and cables that would take the Mini’s outputs of HDMI and USB/Thunderbolt and convert them to VGA. I finally settled on this connector and the same brand’s adapter for Thunderbolt/VGA. I will warn all here that I initially wanted to use two of the Thunderbolt/VGA adapters to take up both ports on the Mini. I didn’t find out until after I tried it that it won’t work. I searched Apple’s support site and found that in their usually subtle phrasing that you cannot run two displays using both TB ports. If you want to run two displays on this Mini, one HAS to be HDMI and the other HAS to be Thunderbolt. I will also warn that you HAVE to use the power cable that comes with this to a USB port to provide enough power for this adapter to display an image on the monitor. I tested with using the Mini’s USB port directly and a USB hub plugged into the Mini’s USB port and BOTH worked just fine. Notes: these adapters are well built and don’t feel cheap at all. For the cost, why even bother with Apple’s overpriced adapters—unless you need the additional ports they offer?

When I initially hooked it up, it did not detect my monitor. I restarted several times, but no luck. I thought it wouldn't work with my computer. I went to Best Buy and talked to a gentleman who gave me some things to check out. I also purchased the adapter they sell...for $30! Hooked it up and could not detect monitor. Again I had restarted the computer a couple of times. No luck. Only after shutting down the computer and then turning it back on did it work. Also, you will need to go into settings, and change the audio to "Speaker/Headphone" if your monitor does not have audio. (Thanks to the gentleman at Best Buy for this tip!) I returned the adapter to Best Buy, because this one worked. Be aware, there are no instructions provided with this adapter. Hope this helps someone!

Worked as specified to connect an older VGA display to my laptop as a second monitor.

We have a nice, but older, monitor that has only a VGA video input. We now have a modern (2018) gaming computer that has only a DVI/HDMI video output. This adapter solved that problem by converting the HDMI signal to a VGA signal. We bought this slightly more expensive model so that we would have additional options in the event that we needed to boost the signal using the USB power, or to push audio via the aux cable, but we are not using either right now and we are getting a beautiful, crisp image on the monitor. As far as we are concerned, there is no substantial loss in video quality. This is a great little device that has paid for itself several times over in real savings - we no longer need a new monitor!

I used this HDMI to VGA adapter to convert the digital HDMI signals from both a Blu-ray player and a Roku stick to an older Dell projector with analog VGA input. It worked very well with both sources without any problems. For the Roku stick I needed a female to female HDMI adapter which is not included. The projector was able to handle many different resolution settings. With the Roku stick I got a slight noise in the image when using 1080p resolution. Changing it to the native resolution of the projector of 720p it cleared up. I didn't need a separate power supply for these two sources but it is good that it can be added for some devices that don't have enough power on the HDMI output. There are no adjustments on the adapter. If the display or projector needs a different resolution you have to change it at the source. Most devices can be changed from auto to a fixed setting such as 720p. I connected the 3.5mm jack audio output with a cable to a separate speaker. I had no problems. This is an excellent product especially considering the very low price.

I've tried two of these now, and neither one has worked correctly. The first one wouldn't output any audio, so I returned it for another, and now that one has completely garbled video output. I have this companies other VGA to HDMI adapter, without audio output, and that one works fantastically. Not sure what the deal is with this one, but I would avoid it, unfortunately. Their customer service was decent, at least, and refunded me.

good as advertised

It is not functional. Cheap quality item received. It doesn't have AUX port.

Frankly, don't buy it. Stopped working after a month.