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    Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV

    Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs

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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/08/09

    In reply to Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
    Why can't they make one cable to rule them all? Shouldn't it be possible to create a single cable that exceeds requirements for all existing formats, and each format can use whatever part of the cable it needs?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/08/09

    In reply to Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
    This makes me happy that I still use the old fashion tricolor RCA cables at home. I'm sick of all these different plugs and I don't even use them.
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    Image of Digitallysick Digitallysick
    05/08/09

    In reply to Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
    I thought that is what display port was for??
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/08/09

    @Digitallysick: Displayport is an open free standard, so you know someone is going to try to make something that they can actually make money off of in licensing.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    05/08/09

    In reply to Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
    Just another way for them to make the plugs on the ball smaller while keeping the cords the same thickness and the ends almost the same, putting more pressure on the plug on the board, which will lead to more failures. To quote Leo Getz,

    "That's how they fuck you. They fuck you with the connectors."
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    Image of Ryanraven Ryanraven
    05/08/09

    @SpaceBatCowboy_GitEmSteveDave: You took the comment right out of my keyboard!


    We shouldn't have micro stuff just because we can, Some things are not meant to be small.

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    Image of Gareth Eynon Gareth Eynon
    05/08/09

    In reply to Miniaturized HDMI Connector Is As Small As Micro USB, Still Drives Your HDTV
    Nooooooooooo, not more connector types. It drives me mad!


    Why can't they just make it small in the first place?

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    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    05/08/09

    @Gareth Eynon: Small connectors break easily under load. You couldn't dangle three feet of HDMI cable off that thing 24/7.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    05/08/09

    @Sockatume: That was my first thought. It looks highly breakable.
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    Ummm, Mini DisplayPort to HDMI does not "solve one of the new MacBook's biggest monitor compatibility problems." Even with the monoprice HDMI adapter, you still can't watch HD movies on a display that doesn't support HDCP. However, you can already use a DVI-HDMI adapter to hook up an HDMI display using the mini DisplayPort-DVI adapter.


    The mini DisplayPort connection is doing the same thing technically regardless of whether or not you hook up the HDMI adapter or the DVI adapter. (That is, it's a "Dual Mode" connection that switches from DisplayPort mode to the "legacy" DVI/HDMI mode.)


    If the connection is transmitting HDCP with the mDP-HDMI adapter, there's no reason why the mDP-DVI-HDMI route won't transmit it too.

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    Image of SmritaBabalazi SmritaBabalazi
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    I always thought Apple's choice of mini-DisplayPort was because HDMI was based on single link DVI and couldn't push enough pixles to run the 30" ACD... is this right?
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/27/09

    @SmritaBabalazi: While that may be true (and sounds about right), it seems strange to alienate 95% of your customer base in order to make the remaining 5% happy, doesn't it?
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    @SmritaBabalazi: Apple picked DisplayPort because it's the future of computer display technology, not solely because it (technically) supports Dual-Link DVI. That's just something that they get for free.


    DisplayPort finally sheds the last vestiges of CRTs from the computer-LCD panel connection and allows a host of other benefits. Electronics Weekly has a great article that covers the differences between HDMI and DisplayPort.

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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    It's too bad about the no sound. I though I had found a workaround with Airfoil ([rogueamoeba.com]), which would be wonderfully convenient since I could route the audio through my Apple TV, but there is such a lag that it's not usable for watching movies.
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    Image of Trevor Garson Trevor Garson
    03/28/09

    @itchytooth: While it may not be ideal for all situations, have you tried using Airfoil's included Airfoil Video Player? I use airfoil as well to use my Airtune-equipped Audioengine A2b's. I noticed the horrible lag (2-3s) for QuickTime videos, however simply drag and drop them in the AIrfoil player and through black magic trickery (buffering), the video was synced with the audio.
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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    04/02/09

    @Trevor Garson: Cool, I figured there must be way to offset for the lag, but didn't realize Airfoil included a player for that. Thanks.
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    Image of nathantrumbull nathantrumbull
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    And I just paid $30 for a Mini Display port to DVI for my already purchased DVI to DVI and DVI to HDMI adapters...


    So who gets the bad timing award here? You or me?

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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/27/09

    @Nathan Trumbull: Well, we've been talking about this for months, so apparently you get the Bad Timing Award. Sorry Nathan. But I am impressed about the daisy chain of adapters you got going on there.
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    Image of axiomatic axiomatic
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    In this one case I agree with Apple.


    Use HDMI = Send $$$ to major competitor for HDMI licensing fee.

    Use mini-Displayport = no fees

     Reply
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/27/09

    @axiomatic: Are you sure Mini DisplayPort has no licensing fee? Most formats, in hardware and software, contain IP that somebody owns.
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    @Wilson Rothman: There is no licensing fee for either DisplayPort or mini DisplayPort.
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Or perhaps you'll like Gizmodo's own article on Display Port.
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    Image of SuprabhaPollyanna SuprabhaPollyanna
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    So Apple's mini-DP implementation on the MB and MBP doesn't do audio. Hmm.

    Can someone over at the Gizmodo labs PLEASE try one of these new cables with the Mac mini, to see if that one does do audio? Kthxbai
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    Image of Wilson Rothman Wilson Rothman
    03/27/09

    @SuprabhaPollyanna: They wouldn't do audio either. None of them. It's not in the spec.
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    @Wilson Rothman: Audio is in the DisplayPort spec, but it's optional. All that would be needed to enable audio on the mini DisplayPort connection is a firmware update, if Apple someday chose to support it.
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    Image of BlytheLaomedon BlytheLaomedon
    03/27/09

    In reply to Monoprice Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI Adapter Hands-On: HD iTunes Now Plays On TVs
    GAH! How come you guys got one and the website keeps pushing back the arrival date? I want to watch stuff, via my 13" MacBook, on my 52" LCD. Um, NOW!
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    Image of Vroomtrap Vroomtrap
    03/27/09

    @BlytheLaomedon: I was wondering the same thing.
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    Image of Michael Belisle Michael Belisle
    03/28/09

    @Vroomtrap: Might be Mount Redoubt. It's delaying at least a Panasonic projector and a MacBook, both coming from Asia and connecting in Anchorage.
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    03/20/09

    In reply to iTunes HD Movies Won't Play on Older Non-HDCP Monitors
    The


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    DOT ORG

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    03/20/09

    In reply to iTunes HD Movies Won't Play on Older Non-HDCP Monitors
    jesus christ, apple. just f'ing play the file.
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    Image of Hip Nihilist Hip Nihilist
    03/20/09

    In reply to iTunes HD Movies Won't Play on Older Non-HDCP Monitors
    I own a Macbook, an iPod Touch, and an iPod Shuffle (2nd gen). So, some might consider me to be a "fanboy". However, Apple is REALLY starting to test my patience.
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    Image of Spero Spero
    03/20/09

    @Hip Nihilist: Yeah, this is where I am - MacBook, iPhone, 2nd gen shuffle. And yes, this bullshit Apple's been pulling lately is testing even my faith. *Fortunately* it's still mainly about DRM (new shuffle headphones notwithstanding), so I don't have to come down on them for messing with the *real* reasons I love Apple stuff (design, OS perfection).
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    03/20/09

    @Spero: Apple doesn't actually LIKE DRM. They don't want to use it. The content companies MAKE THEM use it.


    Sheesh.


    It's like stabbing the pizza delivery guy because the cook put pickles on your pizza.

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