I accidentally bought an HDMI (male) to VGA (male) cable that isn't an adapter or converter of any sort. Does this product have any value?
I've checked the product page of some of these &quot;HDMI to VGA&quot; adapter cables.
They mention &quot;does not work with all HDMI sources, you must check if your PC or device supports it.&quot; This means the cable will only work if the PC video card, or whatever device has the HDMI output port implements circuitry to output analog VGA signals over the HDMI port when it detects it is plugged into a VGA port.
But they don't say what it is supposed to plug in. Since carrying VGA is NOT part of the HDMI standard, I'm not even sure how it is supposed to work or if manufacturers using this proprietary &quot;extension&quot; actually exits, or all agree on HDMI &quot;analog&quot; pinout about which VGA signal goes on which pin.
Quite suspicious IMO, wouldn't buy.
If your laptop doesn't have this extra feature (and I can't see why it would have it) then you need a real adapter with digital-to-analog conversion circuitry.
If the product description did not mention it, then this is a fault on the part of the seller and you should ask for a refund, or at least flag the product page for removal, or leave a review.