Display Port to HDMI Cable Illegal !?!

[krs]

	Quote:			Originally Posted by HowEver
	I'd go with Monoprice over Focalprice any and every time, especially with the price point being the same.

I have ordered from both.
No problem with either one of them or their merchandize.

[broad]

i have had very, very mixed success with mono price MDP-HDMI anything. I've tried the adapter, tried the cable...neither of them work 100% of the time

the issue lies in the HDCP...if you're connecting the laptop to a display thats hdcp compliant (i.e. most TVs) you'll often end up with a plain black screen on the TV as the crappy mono price adapter fails to negotiate the HDCP handshake properly.

the laptop knows you have a TV plugged into it (and you'll often see the TVs model number in display prefs) but you can't get an image on the TV...

as i mentioned i have tried with the mdp-hdmi cable, the map-hdmi adapter and had the same issue with older mono price mini dvi-hdmi adapters (for pre UB MacBooks)

YMMV, but i would avoid that stuff like the plague

[pm-r]

WOW!! No wonder some good working HDMI cables cost so much when I read some of the "control" specs if I've understood some of it, and just who is and what does the HDMI Licensing LLC group actually do and control?
HDMI if I've got the correct site and all their conditions.

From what I read, it's almost akin to some legalized Mafia type control group and I have no idea what they do exactly, but money seems to work.

First, any "Licensed" HDMI cable manufacturer to be "legal" must be a registered "Adopter" which Apple has been since 2006, and second, then each 'adopter' must pay $10,000.00 annually to maintain their "adopter" status.

"HDMI Adopters pay an annual fee of ten thousand dollars (US$10000). The annual fee is due upon the execution of the Adopter Agreement, ..."

Oh, I almost forgot, then the paid up "adopter" manufacturer must submit a royalty for each and every HDMI cable device they make.

So what do they actually do and what do they do with all that money??

The list of legit "adopters" is huge, as is their list of dropped "adopters". ie: pay up or else I guess!!

And still no guarantee on any cable or dongle/adapter actually certified and/or working - or any recent confirmation of any "Illegal" cables or adapter action. Gheese!!

Edit: changed my mistake of @10,000.00 to $10,000.00.

[SINC]

My adapter obtained from Amazon Canada cost me about $15 including shipping and has worked flawlessly including great audio for a full year now on my Samsung HDTV. If it's illegal, I like it.

[PosterBoy]

Maybe it's not BS, but maybe the HDMI Licensing LLC has no practical power to actually do anything about it.