Cable Matters Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter with VGA and DVI 3-in-1 Adapter in Black - Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 Port Compatible - Supporting 4K Resolution via HDMI

Like many with a current MacBook, I am (correction - WAS) carrying around 2-4 dongles for connecting my peripherals while on the road. This one little box, thankfully, consolidated three of them into one. I like the ability to drive any type of display from the one unit and so far, it has worked with everything I have thrown at it.I have not noticed any issues with timing, flickering, or any other anomalies with this gizmo. I've tried it with HMDI (HDTVs), DVI monitors, and DVI and VGA projectors of varying brands. It worked great with all of them.It is light, well built, and although the plastic seems like it might be slightly more fragile than the Apple equivalents, it is more than sturdy enough and feels quite solid. The screw downs are all recessed (a nice touch) and the connections are all gold plated (at least they look gold plated). The cable length is just right, and the connector itself fits perfectly. The cable itself is heavily molded and doesn't seem as fragile as other similar dongles, so it should stand up to years of abuse. The device is relatively small but obviously the box end is larger than a single DVI or VGA adapter, and measures about twice the length of an Apple DVI dongle and about 70-80% the length of most of my 3rd party dongles. On the other hand, it is thinner than my other dongles which helps in the bag. The weight comes in at 51g, compared to 32g for a single Apple DVI adapter, and 72g for a single 3rd party DVI adapter. Considering you'd need three separate adapters, you could be reducing your carry weight by over 4-fold.I highly recommend this for any road warrior, or even a desktop jockey with a multitude of connections or monitors.

I use an MS Surface for work, with a docking station. I have it all setup in my office, cables ran all nice and neat, but recently had to travel to a remote site for tech support and did not want to take apart my office setup just to bring my docking station with me for a small job. I made due with the monitor screen, but really which I could have plugged into a spare monitor on the remote site. Looking at the various Microsoft branded doodads for the surface, I felt I didn't want to spend that much for something that would seldom to be used. I considered buying a miniDisplay-to-HDMI cable, but felt that would restrict my ability to plug into monitors with different display ports.Quick search on Amazon lead me to this Cables Matters 3-in-1 adapter, which not only gave me the HDMI port I was looking for, but also VGA and DVI as well. This is better suited for the type of work I do, since I never know what kind of monitors will be available to be at the various remote sites I support, and for the price (less than $20) it was a far more affordable solution than purchasing another docking station for the laptop (+$100). I've also used Cable Matters cables/products in the past and trust their workmanship and reliability. Compared to other third-party cable manufactures, their products always works right out of the bag/box, something I can't say for other vendors who sell similar items for less on Amazon.

I needed an adaptor to plug into my MINI display port, and be able to connect my computer to VGA since the school I'm at only has VGA ports available. This adaptor did the job really well, and I had no problems whatsoever.The only reason why this is 4 stars is because it looks like it will have an easier time falling apart, especially the cable.Other than that, I would say if you need an adaptor, go for this one!

In our larger classrooms, the LCD projectors are way in back (clasroom for 150-200), and the only laptop connector at the front is a VGA. My computer has a VGA connector (that normally works just fine connecting to VGA) but in this room, a large fraction of laptops won't see the projector when trying to use that VGA. (I suspect that the VGA amplifier/splitter that they have in that room must not be up to spec). Anyway, this connector seems to be able to handle that non-up-to-spec VGA so that I can use my computer's thunderbolt connection instead and finally be able to use my laptop in that room.In addition - I also have used it as thunderbolt to hdmi, and it works fine with my computer.In addition - I also have used it as thunderbold to hdmi to a netgear Push2TV NETGEAR Push2TV Wireless Display HDMI Adapter with Miracast (PTV3000) Certified for use with Kindle Fire HDX screen cast box to be able to do screen casting from tablet in the classroom. (We have all these 'smart' classrooms, but they haven't been updated in many years).

PROS: Handles DVI, HDMI, VGA well; Mac had no problem recognizing the type and resolution of the monitorCONS: Thunderbolt connection a little finicky in that I need to make sure it's pushed in and perpendicular to connectorDETAILS: I have a new 2015 mac book pro with only 1 HDMI and 2 Thunderbolt ports. I have multiple monitors as well as travel often. I need both the VGA and DVI ports. I'm able to use the monitor at my desk (VGA through an iogear KVM) and my workbench (DVI). I've had only two minor problems. The first is that the Display Port cable catches when inserting before completely seated. In this position, the monitor works but all the model and resolution metadata isn't communicated, meaning the mac uses the base resolution only. After I discovered that I only had to firmly push the cable further into the Display Port, the model and resolution were recognized by the mac. The second is that the cable can seat not perpendicular, leading to the same problem as not seating properly. After figuring these out, I've had no further problems and am completely satisfied.