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MacBook Pro HDMI Question
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I'm typing this on a 23" HP LCD attached to my MBP using the Thunderbolt-HDMI Convertor right now. Audio and video work great!!
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You can't buy a HDMI cord like that. It isn't licensed by the corporation that owns HDMI so you can't obtain one legally.
I believe now you can go to the Apple store and get one of the remaining few but after that it isn't licensed and will be illegal.
I believe now you can go to the Apple store and get one of the remaining few but after that it isn't licensed and will be illegal.
Regardless of what comes from that, you can buy a MDP>HDMI adapter. And it violates none of the HDMI bs rules.
Do you not read the front page? HDMI who owns the technology and trademark say that it isn't a true HDMI cable.
https://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/08/minidisplay-port-to-hdmi-cables-unlicensed-and-cannot-be-sold/
That's all fine and dandy, but that wasn't what we were talking about. I'm using the MiniDisplay port to HDMI adapter with a HDMI cable - not an HDMI to MDP cable. From that same article...
"Instead, users can buy Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Female dongles. These dongles, when combined with a standard HDMI-HDMI cable, connect MacBook Pros, and other devices with mDP ports, to high-definition televisions and desktop monitors that accept HDMI. "
Even the 2010 MAcbook pros support both audio and video out. Although it is the MDP out. The thunderbolt port in the 2011 just acts as a MDP when a display is connected.
I have a 2010 MBP 15" and tried with my mini > hdmi the other night, could not get audio, and the option isnt there like it is with my 13" 2011 MBP. Boo, too bad there isnt a driver or somthing that can fix it.
That's weird, my mid-2010(7,1) 13" has no problem playing audio through my MDP>HDMI adapter. It's a Moshi, not that it really matters what brand it is.
yeah mines moshi too. it was mid 2010 when they changed. i bought mine at the start of 2010. at least thats what i have read. it really sucks, because I have all my movies etc on my 15"
Ohh okay ya that makes sense then that it's early 2010, Ive heard it was mid2010 when they changed it also.
That sucks
That sucks
Just because the guys who own HDMI don't approve of these cables doesn't mean that all the ones in existence right now are going to stop working. Grab some up if you can, death to adapters!