StarTech.com - 6' HDMI to DVI-D Video Cable - Black

"I found it!" you think, unearthing that old PC in your garage. To your amazement, it turns on, the hard drive whirs promisingly, your trusty vga cable is ready to go... at least, til you realize you dont have a monitor that takes vga anymore. "Curse my slavish adherence to tech updates", you grouse to yourself, as you look at the back panel. Yes, there's a discrete graphics card there; no, it doesnt have hdmi out. Because, back then, hdmi wasnt really around and dvi was, in our innocent minds, even better because it wasnt burdened with audio throughput or something like that. What do you do, dear reader? What do you do? You buy this cable, that's what you do. Tear open its packaging, connect your PC to a monitor, and use it to find out that although your PC turns on and your hard drive whirs, something got corrupted and your trip down memory lane comes to a sad end. That's just what you do.

I bought the cord to connect my computer with a second monitor so I could have dual screens. However, both monitors are old, so a lot of their ports are outdated. The monitors have are VGA and DVI-D, whereas my computer has VGA and HDMI. After connecting the first monitor with a VGA cable, I was looking for another cable to connect my computer's HDMI port with either VGA or DVI-D. After comparing prices, the HDMI to DVI-D cord was far more affordable and has worked out great, so far. I love having the capability to have dual screens and make the most of these old monitors.

This cable works like a charm. Apparently I have an "older" computer (2 years old!!) and it still had only the VGA connection and an outdated HDI connection, in back. This cable took care of the issue. Works great and didn't cost the farm in the process.

I needed to connect our newer laptop to an older monitor, and no problems. Clean picture and no lag. The monitor does not have sound, so no issues there to resolve.

With working from home being the new normal, I needed another screen to make work a little easier. Had an extra monitor sitting around upstairs but I didn't have the right cord as my laptop only allows for an HDMI adapter. This cord did exactly what I needed it to do and Best Buy was able to get it to me faster than originally promised.