March 12, 2013 | Posted At: 06:27 AM | Author: Brian Nadel | Category:
Hardware
Lots of older
desktops and notebooks don’t have HDMI ports while newer monitors and
projectors are moving away from VGA connections. What’s a teacher to do? Cable
Wholesale has a converter that turns a computer’s USB 3.0 port into a full HDMI
connection, complete with sound. It tops out at
2 048 by 1,152 resolution, works with recent Macs or PCs but not 64-bit Windows
XP systems The kit costs $70 and includes a USB cable but not the HDMI cable.
