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Surely VGA is simpler to implement than VGA and doesn't carry the burden of HDMI licensing requirements. It's common to see VGA and PS/2 connectors on server boards. A little bit fuzziness on the console output isn't going to stop a sysadmin from getting work done. :)

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It's just that displays have been omitting vga inputs for a while now.

At least on the crash carts I've used, the displays were always VGA. Not sure if that's still the case. I'm not sure why.

If I was building a crash cart today (without knowing the environment) I'd have at least VGA, DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort as options. It wouldn't be too difficult to get a monitor or setup (adapters) to support them all, especially if one just needs to buy a couple for the datacenter or whatever.

Its not like you need 144Hz 4K to troubleshoot a server - its a good enough defacto standard.

For a crash cart, you can pick up a vga capable display at your local thrift store for $20. The specs barely matter, it just needs to work enough to get the network management back online.

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