The picture is crisp and clear with absolutely no flickering, it really looks like a 'native' digital picture, despite the multiple conversions between analog and digital signals. Then I realised the (provided) USB cable might have some use when I saw other models of a similar device had a DC-IN 5V plug instead of the USB.

I was quite convinced I had bought another piece of junk, but at that price, I could afford the loss with no fuss.

My first attempt plugging the Raspberry Pi to the monitor using this adapter was a total failure, the video signal was never detected, the screen remained desperately blank (not quite, there was a bouncing box saying 'no signal'). Good surprise from Amazon, it took less than 36 hours to get it delivered to my door, but that's a luxury that costs a pretty penny. As explained above, I have proven both the Raspberry Pi and the 19' screen work perfectly, they just don't match.Ī few years back, I had seen adapters with the same functionality as this UGreen HDMI->VGA adapter, but they would cost around 60€ at the time, with serious feature limitations. I wanted to make a complete super-cheap multimedia station, mostly to prove it's cheaper and better to get a real screen than trying to scavenge a laptop screen and bind it to an adapter board (these babies sell for around 40€ without the screen!), or even these tiny 7' screens with crappy resolution. The Raspberry Pi has an external USB sound card plugged into a full-scale 5.1 home theatre system through a simple jack-jack cable. I also happen to have Raspberry Pi Model B running OpenElec nearly flawlessly with a HDMI->DVI cable on a 17inch Dell monitor (nearly). It works perfect as a second screen for my antique Sony VAIO laptop. Following a click-happy shopping spree on ebay, I got a beautiful LCD 19inch monitor for a real bargain (less than 5€, plus shipping from Germany.).

Ugreen hdmi to vga converter driver