While setting up a new PC monitor, you'll often find two different video cables in the box. One, a pinched trapezoid shape, connects the monitor to a video source over HDMI. The other, with a ...

A standard connection to rule them all.

Some (many?) HDMI cables can also carry Ethernet over HDMI. The main use seems to be to provide internet connection to a smart TV from a cable modem box. Currently I have an ethernet-USB adaptor ...

HDMI is the de facto standard for connecting a monitor to a Mac and has been for many years, but there are many older Macs out there that can't be easily connected to that modern connector. Here's how ...

Brady Snyder is a technology journalist that has written about mobile devices and computers for multiple publications over the last two years. He graduated from St. John's University in 2023 with a ...

Satechi just introduced an adapter that enables a MacBook to connect to a pair of 4K monitors, both running at 60Hz. There is a drawback, though: this dual HDMI adapter requires two of the laptop’s ...

Two of the most common connections for transferring high-quality video and audio today are DisplayPort and HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface). These have largely replaced the old VGA ports ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There's a certain convenience to working on a monitor larger than your laptop's display. For one, you have more screen real estate, which ...