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Video Technology

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 9, 2016

Computer technology seems to change over night at times. One aspect of that technology that confuses many people are the video connection standards. There’s a few of them and they are constantly evolving. In this post we hope to clear up a little of that confusion. The History Let’s go back to the beginning of consumer computing, and explore how it’s evolved from there. CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) - First available on the IBM PC in 1981 as IBMs first color display card, thus the first color display standard. It only used 16 kilobytes of memory and displayed at…

Mini Computers

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:March 11, 2016

An interesting recent trend is the emergence and sudden proliferation of “minicomputers.” They are appearing all over and at a full range of form factors and price points. But what exactly is a minicomputer and what is it used for?

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Computers 101: Dual Monitors

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 30, 2014

A popular trend in both home & office computing lately is the use of dual monitors. What it consists of is two separate monitors that are connected to a single video card, that can be used to display different images and/or extend the desktop.

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What Video Cable Do I Need?

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:September 4, 2013

Once upon a time in computerland, there was only one video cable. The one that went from your computer, to your CRT monitor. And all was good in the land.

“One cable to rule them all, one cable to find them, one cable to bring them all and in the video bind them.” – apologies to JRR Tolkein 🙂

Fast forward to 2013. Now there are all kinds of video connection for attaching all types of viewing devices to your computer. It can definitely be a daunting and confusing proposition figuring out which one you need for your situation. We here at Geek Easy Computers understands this, so we are going to try to make it easier for you! Today we are going to introduce to you some of the most common video connections, and explain what they are for, and the differences between them. We stock varying lengths and types of these cables, as well as adapters to go from one to the other or multiple different interfaces.

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Upgrade 101: Video Card

Post author:Geek Easy
Post published:July 3, 2013

So you want to upgrade your computer and you’re thinking a video card is the answer. But you really don’t know much about video cards. Let’s fix that!

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