Old Apple cinema monitor to a Roku or VHS/DVD player?

Hello, I am wondering if there is an adaptor I can use to hook up my old Cinema Display to a vhs/dvd or roku player. Any help would be appriecated.

Unlike similar sized monitors from Dell, the Apple 30 inch cinema display only has DVI input. You can in theory plug it into a DVD player which has DVI output (or HDMI via a converter) and it will display the lower resolution, but it's not going to be much better than just playing the DVD off your Mac

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