StarTech.com HDMI Male to DVI Female Adapter - 8in - 1080p DVI-D Gender Changer Cable (HDDVIMF8IN)

Just plugged this into my laptop and my large screen for old computer and it works great. The small screen is ok, but the larger screen is much better and so easy to see. This works great.

Previously I bought some lower cost adapters from chinese sellers (and to be fair, I think this StarTech adapter is also made in China) that were a single block connector with DVI on one side and HDMI on the other. For me, a heavy HDMI cable coming out of this type of adapter puts too much strain on the video card connector and would eventually lead to failure. The combination of stiff cable + adapter sticking out of the video card acts like a lever for anything that bumps into it or if the cable is accidentally pulled on. I also found those adapters to be a poor fit to the HDMI cables- they were very tight and a lot of pressure needed to be exerted to insert the cable into the adapter.By contrast the StarTech adapter with it's short flexible cable puts any strain much closer to the video card and removes the leveraging effect of the other type of adapter. Because it has a short cable, if the HDMI cable plugged into it gets snagged or tugged from the side, it's much more likely to pull free from the adapter, instead of snapping the connector off the video card.This adapter was more expensive than the first kind I got from a chinese seller, but it's much better built, the connectors fit better, and it's a lot cheaper than replacing a video card because it's connector got snapped off. All things considered, a very good buy.

So I use Startech products in my professional life, generally oddball monitor output converters.. the stuff just works.. I tend to search them out over others because there’s no drama.. I need an adaptor to do X and it just flys.. I’m not looking for the lower cost option I’m looking for no phone calls and BS, this brand is money.

I got this because I had gotten an HDMI cable but it I didn't know it wouldn't work with both my laptop and TV with the male and female part, needed duel male pieces. So I went the less expensive and simpler way and got this. Now I can switch back to the original cord I have if it is needed. Plus if anybody wants to know "This is compatible with the Amazon Basic's HDMI cable." Cause this was a question I had posted and while I didn't get an answer just decided to get any way, and just glad it works and is compatible.

I was risking eyestrain with my laptop screen when I remembered I could plug in my unused big PC monitor and use that as a screen instead. My monitor has better color representation than the laptop I was using. This piece does the job perfectly and it's still working as I'm writing this today on Dec 2023. I didn't need to do anything more than plugging it in and turning things on.

My old computer has no DVI connection, and I had been using a VGA port and cable to connect to my old monitor. The computer, however, did have an HDMI port in the back that wasn't being used. I was able to use this short, inexpensive cable, which has an HDMI plug at one end and a female DVI port at the other, to convert to the HDMI connection on my computer, and plug the DVI cable for my new monitor into that. It worked perfectly. Once I disconnected the old VGA cable, the new monitor came on, and has worked normally since. I highly recommend this product.

I used this to connect an older monitor with a DVI input to a computer with an HDMI output, and it works exactly as it should. No complaints at all.

This is short enough that it can just be left connected onto the back of a monitor when disconnecting from a computer. So reconnecting is easy and doesn't require fumbling trying to reconnect a dvi