DVI Female to VGA Male Adapter

To find a suitable DVI female to VGA male adapter can be so hard sometimes if you have no idea where to start. More often than not, many people buy home a DVI to VGA adapter and in the end found that they did not work for their PCs and digital CRT displays. Therefore, what followed was bad complains like this DVI to VGA converter sucks.

There must been some misunderstanding in some of the cases. So, in order to save your precious time and money, you need to know some very basic knowledge about how to choose a suitable and quality DVI female to VGA male adapter. The following is several things you have to pay attention to when you look for a DVI to VGA adapter.

Firstly, you need to tell the difference between DVI-D, DVI-A and DVI-I. Digital Visual Interface (DVI) has five main DVI connector configurations in common use today. They are DVI-I Single Link (3x 6 rows pins), DVI-I Dual Link (3x 8 rows pins), DVI-D Single Link (3x 6 rows pins), DVI-D Dual Link (3x 8 rows pins) and DVI-A (1x 5 row 5 pins, 1×3 row 3 pins and 1×4 row pins). Assume that you need a little bit brief explanation here. DVI-Digital (DVI-D) supports digital displays only. On the contrary DVI-Analog (DVI-A) supports analog displays only. And DVI-Integrated (DVI-I) supports both digital and analog displays.

When you are picking a DVI to VGA adapter, you need to bear in mind the following things. DVI-D is compatible with DVI-I, which means DVI-D or DVI-I cable is OK when you have DVI-D connectors. DVI-A is compatible with DVI-I, which means DVI-A or DVI-I cable is OK when you have DVI-A connectors. DVI-I is compatible to both DVI-D and DVI-A, which mean both of them can be used when you have DVI-I connectors. The most important point is that DVI-D and DVI-A is totally incompatible, which means that it is no way you can mismatch DVI-D and DVI-A connections. This mistake happened very often and most of complains are caused by this mismatch actually.

Secondly, pay attention to the types of the DVI and VGA plugs, namely female or male. Given that the various forms of DVI and VGA plugs, you need to choose the right one to match your devices. For example, in the market you can find different items such as DVI female to VGA male adapter, DVI male to VGA male adapter, VGA male to female adapter and female to female VGA adapter and the like. The same is true to DVI to VGA cable, including DVI male to VGA male cables, male to male VGA cable and DVI female to VGA cable and so on. Hence, no matter you buy a DVI to VGA converter or a DVI to VGA adapter cable. The first thing you need to do is making sure their types. If you are not sure what types your devices are, the following steps will be helpful to you. Check the connection of the source and displays first. Alternatively you can also find the answer from the manuals. The rest will be easier if you know what type your devices are.

Thirdly, make sure you need single link or dual link for your DVI to VGA adapter applications. A single link costs much less than a dual link. Of course it won’t cause any trouble if you buy a dual link in this case. However, it is a waste you don’t really desire, right?

DVI female to VGA male adapter provides a very good solution to solve the interconnecting problems when you need to connect between PCs and digital CRT displays, flat panel displays, projectors and high-definition television. Usually it comes with 1x DVI Female Connector and 1x VGA (DBHD15) interfaces in single link. Once again, in order to choose a right DVI to VGA adapter, please remember to distinguish from your DVI-D, DVI-I and DVI-A in the first place.