Monoprice sent us their $US14 Mini DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapter, and we tested it with some protected content to see if it solved one of the new MacBook’s biggest monitor compatibility problems. Sure enough, it did.
Apple’s free licensing of the Mini DisplayPort spec is finally bearing fruit: Besides Monoprice’s MDP-to-HDMI adaptor, Apogee informs that their own is now finished, will be coming soon to a “major reseller.”
Apple has pulled the Nvidia update it released on Monday from Software Update and its website without explanation.
That Nvidia graphics fix Apple released yesterday that fixed “cursor movement” with Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adapters on MacBooks? Totally didn’t fix the distortion issues.
Apple just dropped an Nvidia graphics update that supposedly fixes issues with its Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adaptor (hopefully by “cursor movement” it means “totally warped display“) and boosts HD video performance. [AppleInsider]
Users of Apple’s Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adaptor are still experiencing the distortion issues, but now Apple Engineering is supposedly telling people this is only compatible with the Apple Cinema Display.
Apple’s shrunken version of DisplayPort will officially become part of the DisplayPort 1.2 spec, meaning there’s a better-than-ever chance we’ll actually see it in gadgets and computers from other people. Death to proprietary ports! [MacRumors]
We’ve been waiting a few months for the Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI adaptor in order to hook up our 30-inch Dell 3007WFP monitor, but when it got here, it was periodically unusable.
Mini DisplayPort might be an industry standard, but it doesn’t mean we miss HDMI on the new MacBooks any less. Apple isn’t helping us yet, either. But MonoPrice.com will reportedly answer our prayers next month.
Apple’s decision to make its customised Mini DisplayPort the only method of video output on their new MacBooks annoyed a lot of users, but they’ve finally decided to fix the problem— with an adapter.
