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    The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio

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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio
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    Image of FairfaxDeiphobus FairfaxDeiphobus
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio
    Who wants these big ol squid adaptors sticking out of their Macbook Pro. Give me a freakin ExpressCard to HDMI adaptor. They make a ExpressCard to eSATA. That works great!
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @FairfaxDeiphobus: But Expresscard has been pushed out completely from the 15" Macbook Pro line, so only people with the older MBP's and the 17 would be able to make use of it.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/01/09 4:04 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio
    I don't get all the hate for displayport, and frankly I don't get all this concern over HDMI and why Apple should bother to add it to their laptops. I'd like to see them try eSATA first. Technically, for a computer, DP would be the superior option, since it has a great deal more flexibility than HDMI for use on a desktop. If I wanted a display with an embedded USB hub and/or integrated webcam, DP can support that signal through the same cable, whereas HDMI would require extra cables. DP is clearly positioned as more of a desktop peripheral port to replace DVI and VGA, not be the big thing for set top boxes, even though a properly implemented DP-enabled device could just as well do that too.
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: I see your argument for desktop PCs....but most apple computers are laptops, and I think an HDMI port would be much more useful. You take your computer to a friends house, its so easy to put the picture on the TV via HDMI. Such a pain to carry a dongle around
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @MrBlahBlah: Granted, however other less cumbersome options exist, such as those available from Monoprice. It's a dongle, but it's also a cheap dongle. No doubt your friend would have an HDMI cable if he has an HDTV. If he doesn't, knock him out and take his TV. It's only right.
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    Image of brobot - Beboptimus Prime brobot - Beboptimus Prime
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Yeah, DisplayPort does tend to get a lot of crap without really deserving it. It's really a very capable, flexible option. The only thing that, in my mind, really holds it back right now is that Apple, being one of the largest manufacturers using DP right now, has decided for whatever reason (I'm sure they've got a good one) that they're not going to configure their computers to be able to output sound through DP. A DisplayPort connection, as I understand it, CAN in fact support sound, granted that the motherboard and what not on the computer itself is set up to send audio out thru it.

    Personally, I think that if Apple were to implement Mini DisplayPort in such a way that it could also support audio out over the same connection, many of the complaints against DP would vanish.

    /if I have any of that wrong, don't be afraid to correct it - I don't have time to fact check right now... too lazy
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @brobot: You're right. Apple's displayport is gimped so that it can't pass audio through to another device through either another displayport or HDMI. But as it becomes more available on other systems, it will be interesting to see how capable mini displayport is. Anyone out there know how the video out is on the Dell Adamo?

    But I suspect that their reasoning for gimping the displayport is to give the AppleTV a false edge over the other Macs. Now that the Mini has DP, it would basically be the perfect set top box, but is limited so that you need an extra cable, whereas you can use whatever you have at home for the ATV. Sounds a bit flimsy, but I wouldn't put it passed Apple.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 10/01/09 4:11 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Totalfixation Totalfixation
    10/01/09

    In reply to The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio
    Why do they even have display port really? I just dont see the need for it when hdmi is a very good standard.
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    Image of Wesley Singer Wesley Singer
    10/01/09

    @Totalfixation: To sell adapters and make more money on licensed products etc. Maybe?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @Wesley Singer: Displayport is an open free standard, thus there are no licensing fees to pay to use it.
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    Image of Wesley Singer Wesley Singer
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: Oh I didn't know that, I assumed it may be similar to the iPod branding stuff. Thanks for the clarification.
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    Image of anonymousryan anonymousryan
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser 'Pervy-nano' Machead: It's just licensed with no fee. Open is hardly how I'd describe it.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @anonymousryan: Well neither is HDMI, which does have a fee, so I don't suppose it's a big deal.
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    Image of shades_of_blue shades_of_blue
    10/01/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: The fee for HDMI is a whole whopping 4 cents per device, according to Wikipedia. That's a lot less than what Apple originally charged for Firewire.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/01/09

    @shades_of_blue: Like I said, this isn't a big deal.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    08/01/09

    In reply to Cowon iAudio E2 MP3 Player Looks Straight Out of the MoMA
    Strangely enough, it only plays "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Richard Strauss, and touching it causes the owner to race through a colorful star tunnel, arrive at an elderly version of himself dying in a well-furnished room, and transform into his own fetus enclosed in an orb of light.
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    Image of Parentmk Parentmk
    07/31/09

    In reply to Cowon iAudio E2 MP3 Player Looks Straight Out of the MoMA
    Reminds me of a dog tag or piece of jewelry...I could easily see this around people's necks, it is quite stylish. I guess it depends on the size, since we have no frame of reference for the size in the photo I'm at a loss.
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    Hi, I'm God promoted this comment Edited by Parentmk at 07/31/09 9:42 PM Parentmk was starred Parentmk was unstarred
    Image of p0op p0op
    05/13/09

    In reply to A PMP This Ugly and Expensive Had Better Sound Amazing
    Giz, be honest. If this was shiny and had a metallic apple on the back you'd be all over how this is one of the greatest players of all time.
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    Image of jozen jozen
    05/14/09

    @p0op: thats unfair

    Apple, iPhone, iPod and iTunes are no where mentioned in this post
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    Image of Morgan Breden Morgan Breden
    05/14/09

    @jozen: Yes, but the sad thing is, that's surprising now.


    I'm no MS fanboy, in fact I prefer linux, and I don't have many gripes with OSX (just a couple), but the amount of sheer Steve Jobs/Apple ass-kissery in this blog is sickening.

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    Image of madog madog
    05/14/09

    @Morgan Breden: Then go somewhere else, or block out Apple posts as they have described many times. Or you can go start up your own non-Apple tech blog.


    Seriously. Complaining about it won't help anyone or anything.

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