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I had been running two monitors for some time on my computer, but with the upgrade to Windows 10, the OS refused to recognize the second monitor on my video card. I went back to one monitor and I was considering getting a newer video card that would work with Windows 10. Then I saw this item and decided to try it. It works great! It does just what I needed it to do and I am back to two monitors again. Definitely worth it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Actually a pretty cool item. I bought the one that outputs VGA 1024x 768 so that I could run a second basic monitor off a Windows 10 system with a video card that only supports a single monitor. The setup was pretty straightforward and everything worked fine. I set it up to extend my screen desktop to a second monitor. I put a surveillance IP camera on the second screen and it works well. The documentation warns not to expect high resolution and don't use it on video with fast motion, but it looks good to me.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
Worked great on windows 7 32/ and 64- bit system. No need for a separate driver. The picture quality was excellent and worked much better the a previously was purchased from a local store. The price was great too.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
First of all, I'm not very "tech-savoy" when it comes to computers and whatnot, so I went through a lot of "trail & error" before I finally found what I needed in the StarTechcom graphic adapter... and BOY was I pleased with the quality of this thing!! I have three monitors I wanted to use at once, so I immediately went out and bought what I THOUGHT would help me achieve that (a dual monitor spliter box)... BIG MISTAKE!! I hadn't done any research, or read any reviews on these boxes beforehand, I just read the info given by the manufacture and assumed this was what I needed to EXTEND MY DESKTOP, but I was wrong. I now know that splitters will only allow you to mirror an image on all of your monitors, but they don't allow you to extend your desktop (meaning: you can't view different images on each monitor at once), and this is why you would need a GRAPHIC ADAPTER. The first adapter I bought (which I won't named) seemed to work just fine. I follow all the instructions, connected it to my pc and it was great - so I thought... until I bought a StarTechcom adapter. FIRST DIFFERENCE I NOTICED is that the "other" adapter caused the colors of my secondary monitor to be quiet dull and cloudy. I actually noticed this about the "other" adapter when I first connected it to my secondary monitor, because the monitor I had connected directly to my pc showed more clear, bold, vibrant colors in comparison to the monitor with the "other" adapter attached to it, but I just thought that's how ALL graphic adapters display... WRONG!! When I connected the StarTech adapter to my third monitor, the colors and picture quality of that monitor was EXACTLY as the monitor I had connected directly to the VGA on my pc - the picture quality of these two monitors together made the poor difference of the "other" adapter standout like a sore thumb. That's when I knew I had to purchase myself another StarTechcom adapter ASAP!! Because the SECOND DIFFERENCE I NOTICED between the two was that the "other" adapter took up A LOT of cpu on my pc (but bare in mind my pc is a cheap ass Emachines I bought years ago from Walmart on sale, so that might play a role in it too:-) however, I noticed right away that the StarTechcom adapter was a lot less taxing on my system, which I loved. WARNING, WARNING, WARNING... If you have multiple monitors you want to connect to your pc, and you've bought a StarTech adapter for one of those monitors, you will also have to buy a StarTech adapter for each additional monitor you connect to your pc as well because StarTechcom adapters are NOT COMPATIBLE WITH ANY OTHER ADAPTER ON THE MARKET... NOT ONE!! Infact, some of them aren't even compatible with other StarTech adapters (example): I bought a StarTechcom USB2VGAE2 adapter then I purchased another StarTech Usb/Vga adapter to replace the "other" adapter I was using, but because the second StarTech adapter I bought wasn't the EXACT model as the first one they wouldn't work together, so I had to return the second one and get another "USBVGAE2" adapter in order for them both to be compatible with each other. This has been a time consuming process for me, but after all the headaches and disappointments I've endured over these past several months trying to get my setup exactly as I want it, I must say it was all worth it in the end, and StarTechcom was the key. I would definitely recommend this device to others because I LOVE IT!!Read full review
I installed many of these over the years and with the Startech USB the driver has to be installed first or you will have troubles. Just go to startech website and DL driver and install. I had to do a System Restore the one time I messed up and let windows try to install driver and installed the driver with the Startech USB still plugged in. Great little unit for adding a second monitor. RPM Computer
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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