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Any VGA-to-DisplayPort converters?
May 28, 2010 at
05:49 AM
I am trying to connect VGA output from a PC into the DisplayPort input on a 27" iMac.
I am not looking for one of the cheap $20 converter cables. That won't work. Please don't post and tell me they will work. If you make such a post you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. On the 27" iMac those will only work for output frmo the iMac to a VGA display and I'm trying to go the other direction.
There is something on the market that will allow you to use PC's DVI output on an iMac (Atlona AT-DP200) and the lowest price anywhere is $120. Wondering if anyone knows of something similar that will do the job for VGA?
I am not looking for one of the cheap $20 converter cables. That won't work. Please don't post and tell me they will work. If you make such a post you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. On the 27" iMac those will only work for output frmo the iMac to a VGA display and I'm trying to go the other direction.
There is something on the market that will allow you to use PC's DVI output on an iMac (Atlona AT-DP200) and the lowest price anywhere is $120. Wondering if anyone knows of something similar that will do the job for VGA?
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You cant go from an analog VGA source to a DisplayPort.
You cant go from an analog VGA source to a DisplayPort.
but analogue to digital is a little harder.
and the lack of a market for such an adapter.
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This really sucks. I partly based my decision to buy the iMac on its ability to receive video in. I realize Apple has it's head up its ass a lot of the time, but I didn't think the video input would be so crippled that it's unusable except for a handful of Apple products.
And it also kills me that any computer maker would supply such a stunning 27" display without a stock Blu-ray capable disc player, but with Apple it's not even a freaking option. Apple is literally the only computer maker in America that doesn't offer Blu-ray. At least Apple got their act together in 2009 and started offering SD card readers ten years after everyone else (so long as you don't buy their top of the line computers (17" MBP or PowerMacs).
The PC in question runs XP Media Center, and I believe it handles the video in/out (not sure about that). So I'm not sure I'm going to find a replacement card with DP. Plus the damn thing is a Sony and we all know that Sony PCs don't play well with non-stock components.
This really sucks. I partly based my decision to buy the iMac on its ability to receive video in. I realize Apple has it's head up its ass a lot of the time, but I didn't think the video input would be so crippled that it's unusable except for a handful of Apple products.
Do you use the video in/out feature of the media center PC? If not, I would still just replace the video card. I don't see why Sony PC's are that much more troublesome than anything else, all PC components are basically the same and it's running Windows.
Hmm, Apple make a crappy product with limited and/or proprietary connectivity? Never would have guessed, lol. The monitor has no inputs other than DisplayPort?
Do you use the video in/out feature of the media center PC? If not, I would still just replace the video card. I don't see why Sony PC's are that much more troublesome than anything else, all PC components are basically the same and it's running Windows.
Hmm, Apple make a crappy product with limited and/or proprietary connectivity? Never would have guessed, lol. The monitor has no inputs other than DisplayPort?
I use the video in/out on the media center PC extensively so I must have that.
Sony has a habit of tightly integrating custom drivers/software with their hardware so changing something like a video card has been known to cause serious headaches.
The monitor is on an iMac so the only input is the DisplayPort connection. That's a big deal for Apple, the 27" iMac is the only one to ever offer any kind of video input. But it's super restricted which sucks.
You would need to set your VGA source to 1280x720 and connect the source to the VGA to HDMI converter and it should work with the 27" iMac using the Kanex XD, for the 24" Cinema Display you would need to set the output resolution of the VGA source to 1920x1200 and it should work on the 24" Cinema Display.
This really sucks. I partly based my decision to buy the iMac on its ability to receive video in. I realize Apple has it's head up its ass a lot of the time, but I didn't think the video input would be so crippled that it's unusable except for a handful of Apple products.
And to be fair, DisplayPort is the new standard for digital video out - most higher end laptops & desktops now come with a DP connection (I have one on my laptop). But leave it to Apple to have ONLY DP and no DVI or VGA. That's where Dell monitors shine - grab a U2711 or U2410 & there are more inputs on those than you would know what to do with - DVI, VGA, DisplayPort, Component & HDMI. Not that that helps you now that you have that iMac....