Until recently I was using *ATI Radeon HD ... (only VGA port) monitor at all? Or buying the digital monitor is the only "solution"? Those two other ’converters’ / adapters (not a cable ...

This was the VGA standard. It was not built on a CRT controller; instead, the heart of the VGA chipset was a custom ASIC, a crystal, a bit of video RAM, and a digital to analog converter.

Maybe you've got a few HD devices around and ... Our inspiration came from the VGA from Cat5 writeup. We decided to extend the simple VGA to component video converter idea into our DIY component ...

Once you have the converter, the process is very straightforward. Plug the HDMI cable into your laptop and the VGA cable into your TV. Then, plug the other end of the VGA cable into the converter ...

HDMI is very common in both computers and televisions nowadays, so often times you can just connect directly with an HDMI cable ... accomplish this with a VGA to HDMI converter box.