andrew_bidlaw to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoDo you screw in both bolts on VGA cables, just the top one or ignore them altogether?imagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down13
arrow-up1122arrow-down1imageDo you screw in both bolts on VGA cables, just the top one or ignore them altogether?andrew_bidlaw to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareAlternateRoute@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58arrow-down1·4 months agoHaven’t plugged in a VGA cable in a long time. As someone else pointed out it depends if it is temporary or long term… I always screw them in if it is long term
minus-squarewellDuuh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-24 months ago Haven’t plugged in a VGA cable in a long time. Exactly. What have you done to HDMI and DP ports?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·4 months agoDVI is the Gen X of video connectors
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoVGA is the Boomers and HDMI is the Millenials. Gen-Z is using USB-C.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 months agoDisplayPort is the cool uncle who is happy to mind the kids for free. A lot of people copy his smooth relaxed style and mannerisms without realising.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThe only reason I have any DisplayPort cables is to support the monitors I stole from work
minus-squaredesktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoand just like the boomers VGA is still thriving
minus-squareZombiepirate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe cables are extra long so they have plenty of slack, too.
Haven’t plugged in a VGA cable in a long time. As someone else pointed out it depends if it is temporary or long term… I always screw them in if it is long term
Exactly. What have you done to HDMI and DP ports?
DVI is the Gen X of video connectors
VGA is the Boomers and HDMI is the Millenials. Gen-Z is using USB-C.
Nobody likes DisplayPort
DisplayPort is the cool uncle who is happy to mind the kids for free. A lot of people copy his smooth relaxed style and mannerisms without realising.
you take that back
The only reason I have any DisplayPort cables is to support the monitors I stole from work
and just like the boomers VGA is still thriving
The cables are extra long so they have plenty of slack, too.