Several of our classrooms and meeting spaces are equipped to allow you to connect your personal laptop to the display (projector/TV). However, with such a wide array of laptop designs, it can be difficult to know what kind of cable or adapter you need. This article will be a visual guide to determining what kind of connections your laptop has, and what you'll need to connect it to our systems.



Output Type
Laptop Port
Cable or Adapter Needed
1. VGA

Standard VGA cable
2. DVI

DVI to VGA adapter
3. HDMI

Standard HDMI cable
4. Mini HDMI

Mini HDMI to HDMI adapter
5. DisplayPort

DisplayPort to HDMI adapter
6. Mini DisplayPort
(Thunderbolt)

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter
7. USB-C

USB-C to HDMI adapter