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Many of the older audio and video formats are dying out. You may have noticed VGA cables becoming less common by the year. Even digital visual interface (DVI) cables are starting to thin out. For the time being, DVI remains one of the last standard monitor cables, and continues to be widely manufactured on a variety of monitors and graphics cards. But encroaching formats like …

If you’re installing a new PC, television, or other display, you may have some questions about different inputs. Over the years, we’ve reviewed several different monitors, so we understand that the struggle is real. The two most common types of modern inputs are DisplayPort and HDMI. So, what makes them different, and why would you want to convert from DisplayPort to HDMI? To answer that …

Nowadays, Sega is known primarily as a game developer. But for gamers of a certain age, it’s also a key part of classic gaming history. Starting with their Master System in the 1980s, Sega produced a long line of quality consoles. It was the Sega Master System that gave us the first game in the Phantasy Star series. And with the Sega Genesis, Sega really …

For fans of high-resolution graphics, today’s gaming machines offer a smorgasbord of options that bring hyper-realistic graphics to everyone’s living room. The latest gaming systems, such as the Xbox One X and PlayStation Pro, even offer 4K resolution, the most pixel-rich option in the new world of ultra HD. But for retro gamers, or even for movie enthusiasts who have a lot of classics on …

Cables can ruin everything. You want to make the most of your PC monitor or TV, but that can be tough with so many conflicting and outdated formats. People who aren’t intimately familiar with the various types of common cables are now entering a world where only having to deal with color-composite cables may seem simple by comparison. It’s a world of HDMI, DP, DP++, …