diff --git a/src/video_display/dummy.cpp b/src/video_display/dummy.cpp
index ed1c2ca2a..45c61963f 100644
--- a/src/video_display/dummy.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display/dummy.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ struct dummy_display_state {
         size_t dump_bytes = 0;
         bool dump_to_file = false;
         int dump_to_file_skip_frames = 0;
-        bool cuda_managed = false;
+        bool cuda_host = false;
+        bool cuda_managed = true;
 
         struct rtp *rtp;
 };
@@ -91,13 +92,13 @@ static auto display_dummy_init(struct module * /* parent */, const char *cfg, un
 {
         if ("help"s == cfg) {
                 cout << "Usage:\n";
-                cout << "\t" << style::bold << fg::red << "-d dummy" << fg::reset << "[:codec=<codec>][:rgb_shift=<r>,<g>,<b>][:hexdump[=<n>]][:dump_to_file[=skip=<n>]][:managed]\n" << style::reset;
+                cout << "\t" << style::bold << fg::red << "-d dummy" << fg::reset << "[:codec=<codec>][:rgb_shift=<r>,<g>,<b>][:hexdump[=<n>]][:dump_to_file[=skip=<n>]][:managed|:host]\n" << style::reset;
                 cout << "where\n";
                 cout << "\t" << style::bold << "<codec>" << style::reset << "   - force the use of a codec instead of default set\n";
                 cout << "\t" << style::bold << "rgb_shift" << style::reset << " - if using output codec RGBA, use specified shifts instead of default (0, 8, 16)\n";
                 cout << "\t" << style::bold << "hexdump[=<n>]" << style::reset << " - dump first n (default " << DEFAULT_DUMP_LEN << ") bytes of every frame in hexadecimal format\n";
                 cout << "\t" << style::bold << "dump_to_file" << style::reset << " - dump first frame to file dummy.<ext> (optionally skip <n> first frames)\n";
-                cout << "\t" << style::bold << "managed" << style::reset << " - use managed memory for CUDA codecs instead of \n";
+                cout << "\t" << style::bold << "managed|host" << style::reset << " - use managed/host memory for CUDA codecs instead of \n";
                 return static_cast<void *>(&display_init_noerr);
         }
         auto s = make_unique<dummy_display_state>();
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ static auto display_dummy_init(struct module * /* parent */, const char *cfg, un
                                 LOG(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) << MOD_NAME << "Wrong codec spec!\n";
                                 return nullptr;
                         }
+                } else if (strstr(item, "host") != nullptr) {
+                        s->cuda_managed = false;
                 } else if (strstr(item, "managed") != nullptr) {
                         s->cuda_managed = true;
                 } else if (strstr(item, "dump_to_file") != nullptr) {
diff --git a/src/video_display/vrg.cpp b/src/video_display/vrg.cpp
index 481f9d7f7..e8734f4a1 100644
--- a/src/video_display/vrg.cpp
+++ b/src/video_display/vrg.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct state_vrg {
         uint32_t magic;
         struct video_desc saved_desc;
 #ifdef HAVE_CUDA
-        video_frame_pool pool{0, vrg_cuda_allocator<cuda_malloc_host_allocate>()};
+        video_frame_pool pool{0, vrg_cuda_allocator<cuda_malloc_managed_allocate>()};
 #else
         video_frame_pool pool{0, vrg_cuda_allocator<default_data_allocator>()};
 #endif
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static void *display_vrg_init(struct module *parent, const char *fmt, unsigned i
         UNUSED(flags);
         UNUSED(parent);
         if ("help"s == fmt) {
-                cout << "Usage:\n\t-d vrg[:managed|:malloc]\n";
+                cout << "Usage:\n\t-d vrg[:host|:managed|:malloc]\n";
                 cout << "where\n\tmanaged - use managed memory\n";
                 return NULL;
         }
@@ -173,7 +173,11 @@ static void *display_vrg_init(struct module *parent, const char *fmt, unsigned i
         }
         s->magic = MAGIC_VRG;
 
-        if ("managed"s == fmt) {
+        if ("host"s == fmt) {
+#ifdef HAVE_CUDA
+                s->pool.replace_allocator(vrg_cuda_allocator<cuda_malloc_host_allocate>());
+#endif
+        } else if ("managed"s == fmt) {
 #ifdef HAVE_CUDA
                 s->pool.replace_allocator(vrg_cuda_allocator<cuda_malloc_managed_allocate>());
 #endif