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I believe that the Dell monitor has a DVI-D input. You would be better off with a HDMI to DVI-D adapter or cable. This would avoid the digital video signal to analog video signal conversion that is needed with using the VGA input of the monitor. If you have to use the VGA input, make sure to get...

I think the best bang for your buck is the Vizio M55-F0. It's going on sale at Costco for $450. Walmart may also have it for that price. Besides your cable box, it will support Amazon Prime. I'm getting one on Friday.

Here's one that you may want to look at: https://troypoint.com/mecool-m8s-pro-l-review/

If the HP charger supplies the exact same voltage and amperage as needed by the Dell laptop, then it would work. Make sure you get the polarity of the pins correct.

Without a slot to install it, you're sort of out of luck to get full speed out it. Get a M.2 to 2.5 inch SATA enclosure, like this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6V84GH9574&Description=m.2%20sata%20adapter&cm_re=m.2_sata_adapter-_-9SIA6V84GH9574-_-Product. Eventhough it...

Laptops are essentially closed systems. There's not much you can upgrade, other than adding additional RAM or replacing the hard drive. So the one thing you could do that would improve the performance is replace the hard drive with a SSD. This will make the laptop boot faster, load programs...

As you found, a splitter just replicates the displays. You need a docking station. Something like this: https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Laptop-docking-stations/triple-video-laptop-docking-station~USB3DOCKH2DP. Since you didn't specify the exact laptop model, you may want to review if...

You bricked your laptop. Contact the laptop manufacturer's support and see if there's anything that can be done to recover it. You might need to have a new motherboard installed, worst case.

Are you plugging the laptops's charger into a properly grounded wall receptacle?

If you're replacing the older Sony TV, contact your cable company and get a new HD cable box with HDMI output. You'll get a much better HD picture, if you replace both the TV and the cable box.

You'll need an over the air HD antenna connected to the TV. Here's some examples: https://www.techradar.com/news/best-indoor-tv-antennas

For your use case, this PC would be fine: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Lenovo-ideapad-330-15-6-Laptop-Windows-10-Intel-Celeron-N4000-Dual-Core-Processor-4GB-RAM-1TB-Hard-Drive-Plum-Purple/384707570. It's cheap and it has a large harddrive to store all your embroidery downloads. Then, you can copy...

Nope - bluetooth is for audio only.

You'll need an external HD TV tuner, something like this:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0797PQFZG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0797PQFZG&linkCode=as2&tag=wireless2018-20&linkId=45c27eee067baace3f08b28fb3cb2eff

Here's a site that might be able to help you: https://www.shopjimmy.com/. It looks like they have an SC board and an SC board repair kit in stock.