Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (female) Cable

by Sabrent

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0025V2VO0
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• Item model number: MDP-HDMI-MTL
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (265 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This is a cost effective solution for adapting your new Mini-DisplayPort equipped laptop to your current display--HDTV, projecter, etc.--with HDMI input.

Connect your new Mini-DisplayPort-equipped laptop to your current display--HDTV, projecter, etc.--with HDMI input.

Perfect for Apple laptops equipped with Mini-DisplayPorts.

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI

Mini-DisplayPort is a miniaturized version of DisplayPort, the newest digital display interface developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Most newer Macbook series laptops come equipped with the Mini DisplayPort interface for external video displays. Check your laptop to make sure it has the Mini DisplayPort connection.

This five-inch adapter is for use with a standard HDMI cable (male to male). Connect the cable to your machine using the adapter, then connect to an external monitor or other display device with HDMI input jacks, and you're all set.

A Note About Audio

This adapter will support audio only if your source device allows audio output through the Mini DisplayPorts interface. If you're not sure, please check with the manufacturer or website, to confirm if your device allows audio out through the Mini-DP interface.

What's in the Box

Five-Inch Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (female) Cable

Product Description

This is a cost effective solution for adapting your new Mini-DisplayPort equipped laptop to your current display with HDMI input - HDTV, Projector, Mini-DisplayPort is a miniaturized version of DisplayPort, the newest digital display interface developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Most newer Macbook series laptops come equipped with the Mini DisplayPort interface for external video displays. Please check your laptop to make sure it has the Mini DisplayPort connection.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

125 of 129 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Passes Video & Audio Signals Cleanly to Displays - if your settings are correct! See my instructions below., August 1, 2010

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This review is from: Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (female) Cable (Electronics)

Many reviewers ignorantly rate this lower because they blame their hardware or software for being unable to pass audio along with video. After using it with my Macbook Pro (2010), it works without flaws for both audio & video, if your Mac OS settings are correct.


For instructions on how to pass audio & video on Mac OS X, see the bottom of my review.


Pros:
+ Passes Video cleanly
+ Passes Audio in sync
+ Small, clean design
+ Inexpensive


Cons:
- Does not have Gold-plated contact for female HDMI connector (or display port connector)



Hardware tested it with:
+ April 2010 Macbook Pro (i7 - but that is insignificant)
+ Pioneer Kuro 6020 + Standard HDMI Cable
+ Belkin HDMI Cable


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How to Pass Audio & Video via Mac OS 10.6


Note: Only recently released macs have the hardware capable of passing audio out via display port. These are (as of 08-2010): iMac (Late 2009), MacBook Pro (Mid 2010), and MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010).


Step 1: Connect the adapter to mac, HDMI cable to adapter and HDMI cable to TV.

Step 2: Select appropriate input on TV.

Step 3: The mac should auto-sense the display connection and extend the desktop to it. If this does not occur, you must go to System Preferences - Displays and click "Detect Displays."

Step 4: You should have video at this point, but not audio, outputting. Why? Because you have to tell your mac to stop using its speakers and output audio elsewhere instead. This is a software feature and has nothing to do with the adapter. It is not plug & play and this is why some people have failed in getting audio, because they did not change their settings.

---> Go to System Preferences - Sound. Click on the 'Output' table. By default, the internal speakers are selected. Below that, you should see your television as an option. Click your output device. Once you do this, audio should play along with the video.

Step 5: Put something good on to watch for a change (if it's reality tv, ignore the above instructions). Enjoy!

34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not shielded well - but you get what you pay for..., September 18, 2009

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J. Seaman (California) - See all my reviews
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I am using this on a Mac Mini. Does the job for video, but I had to put a book over the wire as after a few hours of pain debugging my wireless signal, I found that the cable disrupts my WiFi to the Mini. It seems the other reviews are with Macbooks. The Macbook WiFi antennas must not be as close to the adapter location.

54 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works perfectly, May 20, 2009

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R. Silvestri "nick" - See all my reviews
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I used this with my late 2008 13 inch MacBook and it works perfectly.
I hooked it up to a 46 inch samsung tv.

oh also, not really the adapter's fault, thats why i'm still rating it a 5/5, but it doesnt carry audio over the hdmi cord, so i had to hook up a separate cable through the headphone jack into the tv.