Windows 10: HDMI to DVI converter?

my laptop display runs at 1920x1080 at 60hz refresh rate. i wanted to buy an external moniter for a bigger screen. my laptop only has 1 hdmi port and no dvi. i want the benefits of dvi as it can increase refresh rate according to the external monitor by using a hdmi to dvi converter. will this work with a laptop and will the converter convert the hdmi to a dvi fully for the extra refresh rate of the external monitor? Thanks!

 

Dvi to Hdmi converter

it will be the same quality. there is quality lose on dvi to hdmi and hdmi to dvi converters.


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Compatibility with DVI


A DVI-HDMI adapter


An HDMI-DVI adapter
A DVI signal is electrically compatible with an HDMI video signal; no signal conversion is required when an adapter or asymmetric cable is used, and consequently no loss in video quality occurs.[3] As such, HDMI is backward-compatible with Digital Visual Interface digital video (DVI-D or DVI-I, but not DVI-A) as used on modern computer monitors and graphics cards. This means that a DVI-D source can drive an HDMI monitor, or vice versa, by means of a suitable adapter or cable. However, the audio and remote-control features of HDMI will not be available unless the output supports HDMI via a DVI plug (e.g., ATI 3000-series and NVIDIA GTX 200-series video cards).[3] Additionally, not all devices with DVI input support High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Without such support by the device, an HDCP-enabled signal source will suppress output and so prevent the device from receiving HDCP-protected content.[88] All HDMI devices must support sRGB encoding

 

DVI --> HDMI converter

even if you got the hdmi adapter, it would be the same thing as using dvi, since any benefit you'd have w/ hdmi is lost when converted through dvi. so yea, stick w/ the dvi. it'll be cheaper and give you the same performance.

 

DVI --> HDMI converter

If I had my computer and television, one has a HDMI port and the other doesnt. They both have DVI ports. Would it be worth getting one of these DVI to HDMI converters?

Personally, I would think its the same as just having a straight DVI connection because DVI is there anyway. Am I correct in saying this, or would I get HDMI support if I use one of these?