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Has anyone made a TV yet that includes the Mini Displayport? It was announced that it would be an open standard, but I don't see manufacturers including it on products yet. I wonder why? Audio out is supported now, so there really is no reason to be using HDMI over Mini Displayport. Any thoughts/suggestions? |
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Apple is fickle. They may say it's an open standard, and Toshiba and a few others have implemented it in some of their products, but HDMI is an far more open standard. Further, all Apple mini displayports do not pass audio -- only the April 2010 updated MacBook Pro's pass audio. I have a 27" iMac i7 I just purchased... no audio to my HDTV over the mini displayport. I have 3 HDMI inputs on my HDTV and I already had a mini displayport to HDMI adapter from using an external monitor with my (2009) MacBook Pro. Until Apple gets more consistent, HDMI is the way to go if you're building a TV for the mass market... and even Apple knows that, having added HDMI (finally) to the Mac Mini updated earlier this month. More reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_displayport |
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Apple just put that on for the same reason the iPhone & iPod & iPad have dock connectors: To make you buy their proprietary cables & chargers & etc. It's just more money for them. They certainly wouldn't be the first company to do that though. As for the "Open Standard" of it I haven't seen hardly any TVs with a port like that on them. The only monitor I've heard of that has that port is the one apple sells. |
