Displaying a presentation, movie or document from your HP laptop on a larger LCD TV or monitor can provide the wow factor you need. While this process is simple when your LCD has the same DVI ...

The popularity of Apple's MacBook Pro and Air laptops is one of the reasons that Mac sales have increased while PC sales are waning. But if there's one thing that the laptop experience is lacking, ...

Peer at the back of a modern home-theater receiver, and you'll note a preponderance of analog-signal-carrying connectors amid the plethora of plugs (Figure 1). RCA jacks route low-level analog-audio ...

We all know about handshakes that occur with HDMI and DisplayPort connections. So what happens when you connect an HDMI or DisplayPort output to a DVI connection on a monitor? Does the same handshake ...

Modern laptops come with a dizzying array of ports—or maybe only one, in the case of some extremely svelte ultraportables. But how can you know what they all do, or what you might want in a new system ...

Have an old Apple display that still works? Even with the latest Thunderbolt 5-equipped M4 Pro Macs, you can still plug it in—with the right connectors—and put it to use. You might find the resolution ...

Presently, there are three major ports that rule the consumer audiovisual world. These ports are HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C. Each of these A/V ports has strengths and weaknesses -- here's what sets ...

I have bought a HDMI to Displayport cable on the assumption that it would just work, but it doesn't. As this is my first foray in to the displayport territory I am stumped. I am using a Dell U2412M ...

The HDMI audio/video interface standard is everywhere: TVs, set-top boxes, media streamers, Blu-ray players, A/V receivers, gaming consoles, camcorders, digital cameras, and even a few smartphones.

DisplayPort proponents bill this digital-video-I/O standard as a no-royalties, scalable, extensible, open-standard interface that reduces connector footprint and cable clutter, lowers power ...

Third party testing has confirmed that Apple's new 27" iMac can only be used as an external display for devices designed to provide DisplayPort video. It will not work with any equipment that only ...