page_title: Digital Visual Interface
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: Digital Visual Interface / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: A DVI-I to VGA adapter. The VGA side of the adapter is shown on the left and the right side is for a DVI connection.Deutsch: Adapter, um analoge VGA-Monitore an Grafikkarten mit DVI-I-Ausgang anschließen zu können.
context_page_description: Digital Visual Interface is a video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group. The digital interface is used to connect a video source, such as a video display controller, to a display device, such as a computer monitor. It was developed with the intention of creating an industry standard for the transfer of digital video content.
  This interface is designed to transmit uncompressed digital video and can be configured to support multiple modes such as DVI-A, DVI-D or DVI-I. Featuring support for analog connections, the DVI specification is compatible with the VGA interface. This compatibility, along with other advantages, led to its widespread acceptance over competing digital display standards Plug and Display and Digital Flat Panel. Although DVI is predominantly associated with computers, it is sometimes used in other consumer electronics such as television sets and DVD players.
caption: A passive DVI-to-VGA adapter. This adapter will not work with a DVI-D output. It requires a DVI-I or DVI-A output to get the analog signal to a VGA input (even if the adapter looks like a DVI-D). A more expensive active adapter (or converter) is required to connect DVI-D to VGA.
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