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    Posted on April 18, 2022 at 02:45 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

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    ISSUE 19.16 • 2022-04-18

    HARDWARE

    Ben Myers

    By Ben Myers

    With four different standards for video ports and cables, as well as some “mini” ports, it can be downright confusing to come up with the right cables to connect your computer to a monitor.

    In the best of all possible worlds, we would all want to buy a computer and a monitor at the same time, ensuring that they connect to one another and work well together with the right cabling. In our real world, a computer meets an untimely demise and an upscale monitor is still exactly what we need. Or maybe the monitor fails to light up, it becomes too dim, you punch out the screen in anger, or it is simply time for a larger monitor. Possibly you want to attach a monitor to your laptop, duplicating the laptop screen on a larger viewing area or using dual screens to see more information.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (19.16.0, 2022-04-18).
    This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

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