Seeking info on a good adaptor that would facilitate 2 x female vga to 1 x male hdmi

Hi,

A single HDMI to multi-VGA is not a likely popular enough product to be available for such use - it's a bit too specific for your scenario.

Amazon has USB to VGA converters however, and a couple of those could be used, but the quality is likely to be poor and low-res.

It may be better all-round to sell the monitors and replace with a single large high-res monitor with the connector your laptop supports.

Your laptop may allow the in-built display and the external display to be usable. There are laptop stands that support propping up at an angle, and then you can use an external keyboard.

Agreed, talking as a person who's used a VGA to HDMI adapter, the frequency it operates at ends up being... wrong, and misaligned because you're translating from a digital to an analogue signal or vice versa.

Sometimes they also need to be 'active' devices, so you have to connect them up to a USB power source for them to work. It's sub-optimal and not really worth messing around with, they can also end up costing more than a pair of new monitors that can accept DVI or HDMI anyway.

Plus... I think the person's asking for HDMI to 2x VGA, which I don't believe HDMI supports - DisplayPort would be do-able, if the graphics chip supported it, with some kinda frankenstein converter to go from DisplayPort -> 2x DisplayPort -> Maybe to HDMI first -> Some downscaler device -> VGA, but you're going to need twice the hardware and a lot of adapter cables and then... just why?

It's all a mess once you try to stray even slightly from normal supported mechanisms for monitors : )

I couldn't even get a 2-year-old Microsoft laptop and a modern new Dell monitor working together.. at least not consistently enough to be happy with it. I had to buy an official dock with the right supported connector finally (despite trying a variety of other options first!).

Thanks so much Shabaz for your thoughts on this.  Yes it mightn't be the best idea after all.  Really appreciate you taking the time to answer my query.

Thanks too to you Cstanton for your thoughts on this. I will find another monitor and forget this idea Really appreciate you taking the time to answer my query.

You could consider doing this with two separate adaptors, HDMI to VGA and USB to VGA.

For the first monitor then HDMI to VGA

HDMI to VGA Adaptor Male to Female - Black - PSG90913

HDMI to VGA Adaptor Converter for Desktops, Laptops & Ultrabooks - 1080p Support - HD2VGAE2

These can be a little hit-and-miss with some equipment though, so try buying from somewhere with a good returns policy.

For the second monitor then you can try a USB to VGA option but it will depend on what USB ports your laptops has.

If your laptop has USB-C / Thunderbolt then another option to consider is to invest in a laptop 'dock'.

If you go for a universal one you may be able to future proof a little by being able to reuse it with a newer laptop. Docks will be more expensive and approaching the cost of a new monitor but can give you multiple display outputs, some also still have VGA.

I agree with the other contributors. I don't think 1xHDMI (source) -> 2x VGA (sink) is a likely combination. But, when laptops starting omitting the vga port for an HDMI port. HDMI to vga dongles became very popular as all the projector cables in schools/workplaces all had VGA hookup cables. If you search for HDMI to VGA projector adaptor, you should be able to find one locally for just a few dollars (I wouldn't pay more than $10, there not that great). But as others suggest it may be time to move to HDMI

Thanks Scottiebabe!