Monoprice Mini DisplayPort/Thunderbolt to HDMI Adapter

• Adapter cable features a Mini DisplayPort connector and a female HDMI connector
• Use with an HDMI cable (male to male) to connect to an HDTV or other HDMI-equipped display device
• Compatible with Mac laptops that use a Mini DisplayPort port for video output
• Some source devices allows audio output through the Mini DisplayPort
• Five-inch cable length (13 centimeters)

Many reviewers ignorantly rate this lower because they blame their hardware or software for being unable to pass audio along with video. After using it with my Macbook Pro (2010), it works without flaws for both audio & video, if your Mac OS settings are correct.

For instructions on how to pass audio & video on Mac OS X, see the bottom of my review.

Pros:

+ Passes Video cleanly

+ Passes Audio in sync

+ Small, clean design

+ Inexpensive

Cons:

Does not have Gold-plated contact for female HDMI connector (or display port connector)

Hardware tested it with:

+ April 2010 Macbook Pro (i7 but that is insignificant)

+ Pioneer Kuro 6020 + Standard HDMI Cable

+ Belkin HDMI Cable

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How to Pass Audio & Video via Mac OS 10.6

Note: Only recently released macs have the hardware capable of passing audio out via display port. These are (as of 08-2010): iMac (Late 2009), MacBook Pro (Mid 2010), and MacBook (13-inch, Mid 2010).

Step 1: Connect the adapter to mac, HDMI cable to adapter and HDMI cable to TV.

Step 2: Select appropriate input on TV.

Step 3: The mac should auto-sense the display connection and extend the desktop to it. If this does not occur, you must go to System Preferences Displays and click "Detect Displays."

Step 4: You should have video at this point, but not audio, outputting. Why? Because you have to tell your mac to stop using its speakers and output audio elsewhere instead. This is a software feature and has nothing to do with the adapter. It is not plug & play and this is why some people have failed in getting audio, because they did not change their settings.

---> Go to System Preferences Sound. Click on the 'Output' table. By default, the internal speakers are selected. Below that, you should see your television as an option. Click your output device. Once you do this, audio should play along with the video.

Step 5: Put something good on to watch for a change (if it's reality tv, ignore the above instructions). Enjoy!

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I used this with my late 2008 13 inch MacBook and it works perfectly.

I hooked it up to a 46 inch samsung tv.

oh also, not really the adapter's fault, thats why i'm still rating it a 5/5, but it doesnt carry audio over the hdmi cord, so i had to hook up a separate cable through the headphone jack into the tv.

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Works perfectly with the new MacBook equipped with the Mini Display Port.

Will not transmit sound, you'll need a separate cable.

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I am using this on a Mac Mini. Does the job for video, but I had to put a book over the wire as after a few hours of pain debugging my wireless signal, I found that the cable disrupts my WiFi to the Mini. It seems the other reviews are with Macbooks. The Macbook WiFi antennas must not be as close to the adapter location.

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I specifically bought this adapter as it even has the following statement:

*NOTE* AUDIO: This adapter will support audio only if your source device allows audio output through the Mini DisplayPorts interface. If you're not sure, please check with the manufacturer or website, to confirm if your device allows audio out through the Mini-DP interface.

Since Apple finally allowed audio over the DisplayPort in the Mid 2010 MacBook Pro's I figured it would work. As luck would have it, it did not. The video came through but the audio didn't.

On the bag containing the adapter it states:

Support Mini DisplayPort 1.1a input and HDMI 1.3b output

Support uncompressed audio such as LPCM

Support compressed audio such as DTS Digital, Dolby Digital (including DTS-HD and Dolby True HD)

Now according to Apple's KB:this adapter should work.

When I contacted the company their response was:

We suppose you ordered wrong item, the item is NOT supported on 2009 or newer line of MacBook / MacBook Pro.

Buyer beware!