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Nowadays, screen casting is standard on smartphones as well as tablets and computers. But if you have an older TV or monitor, you might feel like you’re left out of the loop. Thankfully, you don’t have to be. Instead, you can use the Proscreencast SC01 Miracast Dongle. It’s a small device that attaches to your “dumb” TV and turns it into a smart TV. The …

Differences between decent cables and great cables aren’t always obvious. But those differences do exist, and they can manifest in the quality of your audio and video. Everyone wishes this kind of thing was as simple as choosing a cable and plugging it in. The good news it doesn’t have to be much more difficult than that to find cabling that’s great at maintaining the …

For most displays, HDMI is the universal standard. However, there are still many projectors, televisions, and monitors that use VGA inputs. You might think that converting one format to the other is simple. After all, converting HDMI to DVI is trivial. However, when you’re working with VGA there are some differences. Both DVI and HDMI are digital signals. Changing one format to the other is …

If you’ve been gaming for a long time, you’ve probably built up a collection of old consoles. And along with these consoles, you’ll have some treasured old games. But modern HD and 4K TVs aren’t always ideal for playing lower-resolution games. Now, you might be thinking this is obvious. Of course old, low-res games aren’t going to look as sharp as the latest and greatest. …

Social media has changed how we communicate with our families, our friends, and the world at large. Instead of taking time out from a dinner party to watch home videos, we share our favorite clips on Facebook. In the era of smartphones, this is quick, easy, and convenient. But what if you have older videos from before the digital era? In that case, you might …