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		georgemcbay on Jan 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 'We thought we'd sell 1,000': The inside story of ... HDMI and DVI-D are essentially the same minus audio, so assuming your monitor supports DVI-D and not just DVI-A, you can buy an HDMI->DVI cable from monoprice for less than 5 bucks. Converting to VGA is pricier because of the D->A conversion required.

sliverstorm on Jan 17, 2013 [–]

You may even have a spare adapter buried in your closet like I did. More and more graphics cards are coming with HDMI -> DVI-D adapters, you see.

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