DVI to Mini DisplayPort - finally!

[rkdiddy]

I was doing some searching for a member and I stumbled upon this:

http://forums.legitreviews.com/about22365.html

Can I be the first to say - finally!!!!

 

[geoffreak]

Is this product even for sale yet? I think a few companies already have plans to make such a product, but no products have been released for sale.

 

[cube]

Just buy a proper monitor.

 

[gan6660]

Comes out in Mid-September but costs $179.

 

[jlpoore89]

Could you possibly use this device along with a male HDMI to male DVI conversion cable to run a PS3 in 1080P on the 24" LED Cinema Display?

 

[designgeek]

I'm curious, why can't it just be an adapter like the mini display to HDMI?

 

[jlpoore89]

I'm curious, why can't it just be an adapter like the mini display to HDMI?

DVI or HDMI for that matter use a different video signal than mini displayport. When you plug in one of the MDP to DVI/HDMI adapters your computer adjusts the signal for the output port. Its along the same lines of how a DVI to VGA adapter converts the signal from digital to analog.

But if you go the other way from DVI/HDMI to MDP the device with the DVI/HDMI output doesn't know how to convert the signal into MDP output because it wasn't designed for MDP, hence the need for an expensive converter, which I will inevitably buy(if it works) so that I can FINALLY use my PS3 on the 24" LED