The organization behind the hdmi specification, HDMI Licensing, says there is no license for cables with a mini-displayport connector on one end and an hdmi connector to the other, and that this therefore no longer be allowed to be sold.
According to the hdmi organization has the license for hdmi cables decided that both sides of an hdmi cable to a female or male hdmi connector. “The Compliance Test Specification clearly indicates which tests are needed for all the products in the hdmi specification are defined. Since this new type of cable is not part of the specifications, the product can not be tested”, says the statement of HDMI Licensing across TechRadar.
What, according to the organization, however, is the use of a cable or dongle with a male mini-displayport connector on one end and a female hdmi connector on the other side. Can than a regular, approved hdmi cable is connected.
The hdmi organization recognizes that there is demand for a cable for mini displayport to hdmi, but can only be a dongle solution. “At this moment it is not possible to do this kind of cables under license to produce”, says the managing organisation. The wording indicates that this is in the future, perhaps.
There are not yet many companies that use the mini-displayport connector. Apple is one of the few that has the aansluitstandaard in its new laptops to be processed. Also Toshiba has a few laptops with mini-displayport. The mini-displayport-hdmi-cable when a large number of webshops to get, but on Apple’s site is only a mini-displayport-hdmi-dongle sold. It is not known whether the hdmi organization to the court to have all the relevant cables from the shelves.
