HDMI gives serious home theater lovers a lot to be excited about. The format ushers in a whole new age of AV system simplicity, user-friendliness and extraordinary high definition sound and picture, and it s backwards-compatible with DVI-capable components. So if you already own high-end DVI-capable devices and want to integrate newer HDMI equipment into your system, or vice versa, you can do it quickly and easily with this HDMI to DVI adapter!