Inspiron 660 has no DVI output for ultrasharp monitors high quality (ie) may not work properly. SOLUTION

My Dimension 660 Win7 with I5 processor arrived two days ago and I was STUNNED that he doesn't have a DVI output.   Only one (analog) VGA and HDMI.

My DELL ultrasharp 2208WFP monitor ($350 in 2008) put to a almost qualtiy HD screen when connected via the DVI output of my old Inspiron 530.  This monitor has no HDMI input however.

I plugged my monitor into the VGA output and the display on the screen was horrible, as you can imagine.

I called Dell support TWICE and could not get a straight answer to a technician... I'm not sure they could even understand the problem.  I google searched and cannot find a solution on the issue.

I went to radioshack and neither sales two people had a response.

Then I studied the situation a bit and realized... If only they made a female adapter DVI and HDMI male plug into the HDMI connector on the computer... which would solve the problem.

So... I drove to the same radioshack who said that they had no solution... and low and behold... Adapter female DVI and HDMI male.

Now, the display is fantastic.

I write this to help others with this problem because DELL technical support was virtually useless to me twice.

HDMI is the same as DVI. Buy an HDMI cable to DVI for about $7 on Amazon or another online retailer and you will get the best image quality that will support your video card.

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