ATEN VS138A video splitter VGA 8x VGA

Product Overview

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The ATEN VS138A is the sort of “just make it work” VGA splitter you buy when you’ve got legacy screens and you don’t want the faff of replacing them. For around £100 ex-VAT, it’s priced like a reliable reseller-friendly solution rather than a gimmick—good if you need to feed the same VGA signal out to multiple displays in meeting rooms, reception areas, training suites, or any basic control-room setup. ATEN’s usually solid on compatibility and it tends to behave better than no-name splitters when you’re dealing with real-world cables, uneven lengths, and slightly dodgy signal sources.

That said, it’s not a good fit if you need flexibility (different outputs for different screens) or if your install is picky about long runs—VGA can degrade, and splitters can’t magically fix bad cabling. If you’re in a modern environment moving toward HDMI/DisplayPort, this is also a “keep the old gear alive” purchase, not a future-proof one. Overall: buy it if your requirement is simple—one VGA source, multiple identical outputs—and your displays and cabling are reasonable. Skip it if you expect advanced routing, conversion to newer standards, or high-performance over long distances.