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DisplayPort to HDMI adapter for $17 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 3:13 PM, Jonathan Berry <[email protected]>wrote: > DisplayPort versus the old ways > > Thanks for the heads-up. I had read the wiki page on DisplayPort, > but nothing really caught my imagination. Here's the scheme: > > I have a perfectly good HDMI monitor and a cable that cost $4.50. > > The per-unit royalty on HDMI is something like 4 cents. > > Here's a 6-ft Display Port to HDMI cable that costs > $85: > > > http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=40646&vpn=DP2HDMIMM6&manufacture=Startech.com%20Ltd > > Or if I want to get a DisplayPort monitor and pay a mere $24 for > the cable, I'm looking at $400 for a 1920x1200 screen: > > > http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=45554&vpn=NL773A8#ABA&manufacture=Hewlett%20Packard > > There are cheaper screens, but they don't have so many pixels. Do you > really want to get an external monitor that's only, say, 1680x1050 ? > > I sure hope that DisplayPort has some breathtaking > advantages over the old technology. DisplayPort could turn > out to be the best thing since sliced bread. Or it could > turn out to be a bit of a dud, like hand scanners or DL > DVD+-R disks or DVD-RAM or bubble memory or 5" diskettes > (not to be confused with 5.25" floppies) .... > > > >The display port is called DisplayPort, and not to worry, adapter cables > are > >readily available to convert it to either DVI or HDMI. You can either get > a > >male DisplayPort to male HDMI cable, or just a short male DisplayPort to > >female HDMI adapter and use an existing HDMI cable. > > > >http://www.google.com/search?q=displayport+hdmi+adapter+OR+cable > > > >-Mike > > > >On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Jonathan Berry <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> An immediate drawback is that there is no HDMI output. They > >> have something that they say is better than DVI or HDMI, but so > >> far I haven't seen any monitors with that kind of a plug. It's > >> that sort of one-way standard which often doesn't take. > >> Anyhoo, there's still good old VGA. > >> > > -- > happy > Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
