What is the best type of PC video cable for computers at public places like a library?

[froggyboy604]

I think VGA and DVI are the best types of video cables for computers in public places because they have screws on the plugs which you can use to screw in the cable to the video cable, and monitors with screw holes. Screwing the video cables in the computer, and monitor would make robbers have a harder time stealing the video cable, monitor, and computer. It also prevent people like kids and some adults from pulling out the video cables when they are angry, and bored.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I think you be pretty safe with a VGA, these places wouldn't have money for upgrades so it be unlikely they have HDMI ports.

 

[テクニカル諏訪子]

Best is to have a Mini Display port available, and have some converters to VGA, DVI and HDMI handy.
Such converters can be bought at quite a cheap price, and you'll be sure you're almost fully compatible (unless the target display uses Thunderbolt, but only Apple really uses this standard any way).

 

[froggyboy604]

I think you be pretty safe with a VGA, these places wouldn't have money for upgrades so it be unlikely they have HDMI ports.

This is true. A lot of public places like libraries still use monitors from over 10 years ago because of money problems. I still see places like stores which use those heavy old Tube CRT monitors which only use VGA, and use TVs as monitors to display a slideshow because they don't have the money to upgrade to LCD or they're too cheap to buy new monitors.

The video card, or onboard video on many older computers also don't have HDMI, and DVI which is sometimes found on older video cards, but not found on most motherboards with built-in video connectors.

RCA Yellow composite video, and S-video cables maybe useful for places which use an older tube TV as a monitor to show a picture slideshow, large text, powerpoint presentation, and fullscreen video on the TV. But, they may need a video card which has S-video, and a RCA Composite connection to connect their PC to a old TV.

But, most tube TV video resolution is stuck at 480i which is not good for word processing, web browsing, and most tasks which requires a video resolution of 800x600 to fit enough text on a screen without scrolling.