Answers.Body: <p>That's a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DisplayPort</a> socket. Display port to HDMI adaptors are available, almost always DisplayPort is set up as displayport dual-mode, meaning a simple, cheap cable adaptor—e.g. this randomly selected two dollar jobbie from ebay —will suffice for connecting it to HDMI equipment.</p>
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Body: <p>I would like to connect my computer to my HDMI-enabled monitor. The computer has a VGA out and one of these:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LzPOm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LzPOm.jpg" alt="Image of computer video output port" /></a></p>
  <p>I don't know what that is called.</p>
  
Tags: <cable><monitors>
Title: What kind of output is this?
UserDisplayName: jsf80238
ThreadText: # What kind of output is this?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-29)
  
  I would like to connect my computer to my HDMI-enabled monitor. The computer has a VGA out and one of these:
  
  [![Image of computer video output port](https://i.sstatic.net/LzPOm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/LzPOm.jpg)
  
  I don't know what that is called.
  
  **Tags:** cable, monitors
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-10-30. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  That's a [DisplayPort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort) socket. Display port to HDMI adaptors are available, almost always DisplayPort is set up as displayport dual-mode, meaning a simple, cheap cable adaptor—e.g. this randomly selected two dollar jobbie from ebay —will suffice for connecting it to HDMI equipment.
  
  [![ebay ad for dp to hdmi adaptor](https://i.sstatic.net/FJ7ug.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/FJ7ug.png)
  
  
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