Personally, I wanted to connect an old desktop PC monitor to a laptop which I broke the screen to use it again but suddenly, like a PC become "non-portable" ... Unable to connect otherwise than 'with an HDMI cable (including slab Plasma TV). On my old monitor there is no HDMI but only a VGA connector. The problem has been solved cheaply -having I still do not know if I repair this pas- or laptop screen! Fully satisfied to have found this adapter! Excellent value for money. And it works BY TE MENT ISP and I will not still write the opposite to please the unsatisfied! Everyone knows that the ordis and computer are not an exact science, it is not like when changing a pump washing machine ...