This is an adapter that works like any other: it lets you connect to a port your computer doesn't have. It opens up the use of many different devices. DVI, which stands for Digital Virtual Interface, is a digital computer video connector, and for example some older drawing boards have used that connection for use.

DVI does not support sound, and therefore you cannot get sound through this adapter cable either. If you need to connect your computer to a monitor to watch series or movies, you'll need to have some other speakers for your computer because you can't get audio onto the device you're connected to — even if it's using HDMI.

The DVI for the 1.8m HDMI cable can be used both in computers with a DVI input, and computers with an HDMI input, as long as the object to be connected then has the corresponding input to fit the other end of the adapter. Check the page on your computer and buy!

Note that this cable is a single-link DVI cable – it therefore does not support the resolutions 2560x1600 and 2560x1440.