HDMI to Minidisplay cable are illegal ? :eek:

[BoredSysAdmin]

HDMI Org has confirmed that manufacturers of Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables have been told that their product is unlicensed and should not be sold.

TechRadar brought you the news last week that it was rumoured that hundreds of thousands of Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cables are to be recalled because HDMI Org has deemed the cable system to be out of HDMI spec.

The DisplayPort system is used primarily by Apple in its Mac range, but there's a number of other manufacturers who use the port - including Toshiba.

HDMI Org has exclusively contacted TechRadar about the situation and confirmed that any cable that has a DP male connector on one end and an HDMI male connector is unlicensed and should not be on sale.

http://www.techradar.com/news/home-cinema/thousands-of-apple-hdmi-cables-must-be-withdrawn-976455

 

[Adam]

I saw that on Friday at the MacRumors site. I'm glad that I bought one for my parents last month before that happened.

You can still order them from Amazon (and I'm sure other places), at least as of right now.

 

[Jed M]

HDMI is just bullying more companies to pay to license their shoddy product. HDMI is the worst connector in the history of the world. Well, maybe S-Video, but its up there.

 

[highfigh]

HDMI is just bullying more companies to pay to license their shoddy product. HDMI is the worst connector in the history of the world. Well, maybe S-Video, but its up there.

At least you can tug on an S-Video plug in all directions and not have it break. Anyone who has any sense knows that if you pull across the thickness of any material, it's far weaker than if you full along it's width. That's the reason square and round connectors are better.

We need to stand up to the iceholes who are responsible for HDMI and tell them that their movies aren't good enough that most people will copy them. Also, for every scheme to prohibit anything, someone will always come up with a way around it.

 

[saywhat]

bought mine from mono price apple sells them on their site made by belkin.
I use mine to run 1080p televisions as extra monitors for my mac computers.

 

[Grador]

saywhat, you've really gone on quite the spree of digging up old threads today.

To all who desire to post after me: please note that the date of previous post before the one above me is July of 2011

 

[Adam]

saywhat, you've really gone on quite the spree of digging up old threads today.

Totally valid on this one, though, IMO. A post in 2011 says that something is "illegal," but over two years later, you can still buy them in multiple places.