xbox one to non hdmi monitor

Hey everyone, got kind of a noob question. I got the xbox one for christmas, unexpectedly. Ive been my xbox 360 on this monitor for years now http://www.viewsonic.com/us/va2231wm-led.html i have been using VGA to connect it because it does not have HDMI support. I was wondering if there was anyway i could hook my xbox one up to this? I have heard that VGA to HDMI cables dont actually work because it cant convert analog to digital or something like that. Thanks for any help.

If the monitor has a dvi port you can buy a dvi to hdmi adapter. Most monitors have dvi unless you have a old school crt.

Your monitor has a dvi port, you can buy a dvi to hdmi adapter and it should work.

Yeah it has dvi. I'll definitely check that out. That wouldn't convert sound would it? Anything I could do to get sound?

You will have to use the optical out, there isn't any analog sound options for the Xbox one.

what does that mean?

Your monitor has built in speakers, I didn't realize until I read the specs. You can pass sound over hdmi to dvi, I've done it myself and it works. I was assuming you needed a external sound source. Once you get the adapter you should be all set to go.

thanks a lot man! i appreciate the help. hopefully it all works out tomorrow. thanks everyone.

Wrong.

You will need a DAC.

@asl2006: I've set my system up hdmi to dvi before. The sound worked perfectly, I wouldn't say if I haven't tried it myself.

The HDMI to DVI cable does not carry sound for me. Any way i can get sound? From what it looks like i wont be able to get sound from my monitor because all it has is VGA, DVI, and a headphone jack.