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Zillions Of Mini DisplayPort-To-HDMI Cables To Be Recalled

8:20PM July 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Uh oh – it appears that Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI cables are unlicensed, so manufacturers have been selling illegal cables this whole time. This doesn’t bode well for Apple, but also for Toshiba, Dell and HP, who all use the port. More »


Kanex Has Their Own Mini DisplayPort To Dual-Link DVI Adaptor

11:20AM August 11, 2010 | Jason Chen

Apple’s own Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adaptor – the one you use to connect a Mini DisplayPort to a 30-inch display – has problems. These problems were never fixed with a software update, unfortunately. But Kanex thinks they can do better. More »


Rumour: Apple Finally Sees The HDMI Light

6:30AM March 2, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

After years of Mini DVI and Mini DisplayPort, will Apple really give us HDMI? A bucketful of rumours from AppleInisider say HDMI is replacing DVI in the next Mac minis, and reveals a long lost audio/video Mini DisplayPort adaptor. More »


DisplayPort 1.2 Standard Makes HDMI Look Positively Analogue

3:19AM January 20, 2010 | John Herrman

The Video Electronics Standards Association has codified the standard for the next version of DisplayPort, and the small, Apple-loving HDMI competitor, and it just got a lot more interesting. Like, multiple-monitors-on-one-plug interesting. More »


VESA Officially Adopts Apple’s Mini DisplayPort

6:38AM November 11, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

It was bound to happen: Apple’s Mini DisplayPort is now officially part of the Video Electronics Standards Association’s DisplayPort 1.1a standard. [VESA]


Mini DisplayPort To HDMI Adaptor (With Digital Audio) Review

5:20AM October 14, 2009 | Jason Chen

It’s the digital audio version of the Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adaptor we reviewed before, which takes your digital audio and Mini DisplayPort video and mixes it into one HDMI signal for your TV. More »


The Mini DisplayPort To HDMI Adaptor Now Has Digital Audio

1:40AM October 2, 2009 | Jason Chen

The USB audio version of the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adaptor hasn’t shipped yet, but Kanex just came out with an even more updated version of it with digital audio. More »


The First DisplayPort KVM Switch, Hurray

10:40AM August 20, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

She’s not much to look at, but this is the first DisplayPort KVM switch, so you can hook up two DisplayPort-compatible computers to a single monitor (and keyboard and mouse, obviously) without converters. Why do you want direct DisplayPort hookups? More »


Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review

7:00AM July 30, 2009 | Jason Chen

The Gadget: The Kanex Mini DisplayPort and USB audio to HDMI adapter, which one-ups the previous Monoprice adaptor because there’s audio. More »


Computing

Apple’s Latest MacBooks Still Have Distortion Issues

7:20AM June 24, 2009 | Jason Chen

Remember those distortion issues people (like me) were having with the unibody MacBook Pros while using the Mini DisplayPort Dual-Link DVI adapter? We can confirm that they’re still there in the new machines. More »