Brand | Cable Matters |
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Item model number | 101021 |
Item Weight | 0.64 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 7.28 x 1.73 x 0.59 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 7.28 x 1.73 x 0.59 inches |
Color | black |
Manufacturer | Cable Matters |
ASIN | B00PJ3LSIG |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | December 2, 2013 |
Cable Matters Active Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (Active Mini DP to HDMI) Supporting Eyefinity Technology 4K Resolution
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Compatible Devices | PC |
Specific Uses For Product | Monitor,Projector |
Connector Type | HDMI |
Color | black |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 7.28 x 1.73 x 0.59 inches |
About this item
- Lightweight and portable Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter for connecting a Mini DisplayPort (Mini DP or mDP)/Thunderbolt 2 port compatible computer to an HDTV, monitor, or projector with HDMI; A separate HDMI cable (sold separately) is required for this HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Adapter
- HDMI to Mini DP adapter transmits both audio and video from computer or tablet to HDTV display; HDMI to Thunderbolt adapter supports video resolutions up to 3840x2160 (Ultra HD) at 60 Hz and flawless audio pass-thru for uncompressed digital 7.1, 5.1 or 2 channels
- Gold-plated connectors of the Mini Display to HDMI adapter resist corrosion, provide rigidity, and improve the signal performance
- Active Mini Display Port to HDMI adapter support AMD Eyefinity Multi-Display Technology and Nvidia Surround Display
- Compatible with Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Pro; Microsoft Surface Pro/Pro 2/Pro 3 (NOT Surface for Windows RT); ThinkPad X1 Carbon, X230/X240s, L430/L440/L530/L540, T430/T440/T440s/T440p/T530/540p, W530/W540, Helix; Dell XPS 13/14/15/17, Latitude E7240/E7440, Precision M3800; Alienware 14/17/18; Acer Aspire R7/S7/V5/V7; Intel NUC; Zenbook; HP Envy 14/17; Google Chromebook Pixel; Zeusbook Edge X6; Toshiba Satellite Pro S500, Tecra M11/A11
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Cable Matters, with headquarters in Southborough, Massachusetts, offers a complete line of cables, adapters, docking stations, and networking products for the home, office, and data center. Cable Matters offers first-class, quality, and affordable products backed by an exceptional customer experience.
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Product Description
Active Portable Adapter
The Cable Matters Active Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter is an indispensable companion for your Mac, PC, or tablet equipped with Mini DisplayPort. Connect your laptop or tablet to an HDTV for ultra-high-definition video (4K @ 60Hz) and audio streaming or to a 4K monitor or projector with this portable adapter and an HDMI cable (sold separately). The low-profile connector with molded strain-relief design increases durability.
4K UHD Video & Authentic Audio
- HDMI 2.0 video resolution up to 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz
- Includes HD 1080p and below
- Supports DisplayPort 1.2 HBR2 and 4:4:4 Color
- Audio support for 2, 5.1, and 7.1 channels
- HDCP compatible for viewing protected content
Living Room or Office or Classroom
- Stream video to a UHD TV
- Extend your workspace to a 4K LED monitor
- Broadcast a presentation on a projector
- Mini DP to HDMI is NOT bi-directional. It only connects to a display with HDMI.
- Active adapter supports AMD Eyefinity Multi-Display Technology
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars
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Thunderbolt 2 Port Compatible | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Color | Black | Black / White | Black / White | Black / White | Black |
Max Resolution | 4K@60Hz | 4K@30Hz | 1080P@60 Hz | 4K&30Hz (HDMI), 1080p@60Hz (VGA / DVI) | 8K@30Hz |
Model Number | 101021 | 101031 | 101001 | 101020 | 101101 |
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Value for money | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Quality of material | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Sheerness | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
Picture quality | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | — | 4.2 |
Screen quality | 4.5 | 4.4 | — | 4.6 | 2.3 | 4.3 |
Sold By | Cable Matters | Amazon.com | Warrky | bonoch Official | Cable Matters | Amazon.com |
connector type | HDMI | HDMI | Mini DisplayPort, HDMI | Mini Displayport | HDMI | HDMI |
number of ports | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
current rating | 1 amps | 1 amps | 32 amps | 1 amps | 1 amps | 1 amps |
warranty | Limited | Limited | Lifetime | — | — | — |
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Best Sellers Rank | #374 in DVI-HDMI Adapters |
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Customers like the value, ease of use, and picture quality of the adapter. For example, they mention it's easy to set up, works right out of the box, and does a great job with resolution. That said, some complain about the connectivity and glitches. Opinions are mixed on resolution.
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Customers like the quality of the adapter. They say it works perfect without any hitches, it works fine on both Surface Pro systems, and the command line tool works fine. The adapter is easy to set up and works right out of the box. It's a very useful device and works perfect for older AMD cards.
"...Crystal clear, work just as expected, and got both of them for $36..." Read more
"Cable Matters Active Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter is also a very useful device - as is the Active Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter...." Read more
"...Conclusion:Reasonable price, works reliably for systems requiring an "Active" adapter, quality construction, and relatively small size...." Read more
"...Just a heads up about that. Otherwise the adapter has been working great." Read more
Customers like the value of the adapter. They say it's a great adapter for the price, and an affordable solution that works perfectly.
"...Conclusion:Reasonable price, works reliably for systems requiring an "Active" adapter, quality construction, and relatively small size...." Read more
"Great price and no issues!" Read more
"...Very nice. Very much worth the money." Read more
"...Has to be an active DisplayPort also, can't run a passive one. Price was great, worked fine after hooking up and some adjustment to the..." Read more
Customers find the adapters easy to set up and use. They mention that it works right out of the box, has no hassles, and is pretty simple. Some say that the adapter works well for viewing both Mac and Surface, and that it has no software to install.
"...Simple, solid product if you want to keep using your old trusty Mac Mini." Read more
"...over two monitors to work, but at least it's inexpensive and easy to do...." Read more
"...These adapters were easy to set up and worked right out of the box...." Read more
"...Worked right out of the box, no hassles...." Read more
Customers like the picture quality of the adapter. They mention it works well, has a chip inside to properly handle the image reproduction, and the video quality looks great. It does a great job with the resolution and transmits image at claimed resolution with no interruptions or disturbances. Some say that it solved the problem with screen resolution.
"...Crystal clear, work just as expected, and got both of them for $36..." Read more
"...I have no display issues at all, when I plug back in my monitors are set exactly as I left them even after using my Surface Book as a laptop all day...." Read more
"...and chasing this problem, I found out that the Mac Mini is limited to only 1920x1080 on the HDMI port connection, but will do 2560x1080 when using..." Read more
"...Magic! Also don't forget that you will need an HDMI 2.0 cable. UHD at 60Hz looks great, and this adapter is the real deal." Read more
Customers are mixed about the resolution of the adapter. Some mention that it does support resolution up to 4K, while others say that it doesn't.
"...Basics passive adapter which works just fine in the setup, but does not permit 4k (which requires an active adapter)...." Read more
"...active adapter works like a charm and has been able to support ultra high resolution output of 2560 x 1080 at 75 Hz with no issues...." Read more
"...Mac book pro retina , early 2015: cannot deliver 60HZ 4K. it can only reach 50HZ but without sound...." Read more
"While it may work for most situations, it does not support proper HDCP, and as such would not output to a Decimator or other device that requires..." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the glitches in the adapter. For example, they say it flickers and jitters for milliseconds. Some customers also mention that the adaptor doesn't detect both displays and the monitor would suddenly stop displaying randomly.
"...A monitor would occasionally shut off randomly, or wouldn't wake up after the computer went to sleep, etc...." Read more
"...I leave my laptop and come back to it and touch it, the external monitor will go blank for a couple of seconds...." Read more
"...It would work for hours, even days at a time and then suddenly start flickering my display...." Read more
"...At first, it did not work. The monitor had no signal, no blip, nada...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the connectivity of the adapter. They mention that it loses connection, it would rarely connect, and it disconnects at the slightest jostle. Some say that it makes a poor connection with the Surface DisplayPort and HDMI.
"...It sometimes wouldn't even connect to the display at all, but the dock would keep retrying the connection so none of my other ports would work either..." Read more
"...The monitors acted like they were not plugged in. One would lose connection after seconds of being plugged in and the other would work for 10-15..." Read more
"...After about 5 months it wore out and started disconnecting randomly without my doing anything...." Read more
"...boot up, the device is not recognized from the OS, and the monitor stays as not connected...." Read more
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This is not a sad story. Nay, 'tis a happy one. For the boy grew older and wiser, and with the help of the great heroes at Cable Matters, was able to triumph over the fiendish plot by the corrupt company-that-must-not-be-named to siphon away his money.
I am that boy. This is my story.
Some time ago, I decided that I would like to upgrade my home office setup to have dual monitors. I have a dual-monitor setup at work, and had gotten spoiled by the amount of multi-tasking I was able to accomplish. When the idea first came to me, I instantly became giddy as a schoolgirl; grinning ear-to-ear from the speed and efficiency which I would be able to meme, lurk on reddit, melt my brain with more dumb videos, get lost in a 5-hour rabbit hole of wikipedia links...you know. Standard responsible adult stuff.
I ventured to the Land of Best Buy, where I set out to find a docking station and a set of monitors for my Surface Book (original). I managed to settle on the Surface Dock 2, and a set of HP 25es monitors (which were on sale at the time, and had decent reviews).
Since the monitors are a little older and on the lower-end of the budget spectrum, they did not come with HDMI to MiniDisplayPort cables. Just the standard, ubiquitous dual-ended HDMI cables. It became clear that unless I wanted to go back to the drawing board, I had to find a pair of MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapters, so the monitors could be hooked up to the Surface Dock.
In my naive thinking, I assumed that purchasing a set of Microsoft's MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapters ($40 each, by the way) should have zero issues working for my setup. After all, everything would be from Microsoft! Of course things should play nicely together.
WRONG. DEAD WRONG.
At first, everything seemed to be working just fine. No real issues with any part of the setup. After a couple months, things started getting weird. A monitor would occasionally shut off randomly, or wouldn't wake up after the computer went to sleep, etc. I got by for another couple months by just unplugging the "dead" monitor's MiniDisplayPort adapter from the Surface Dock, then plugging it back in. Not too bad.
Then the real issues started coming up. The unplugging and plugging became more frequent. It became necessary to unplug and plug several times just to make things work. After a while, it was almost a certainty that one of the monitors would not be detected after I woke up my computer, or it would be incorrectly detected as some "Digital Flat Panel (640x480 60Hz)" screen.
"This clearly must be some sort of bug that was accidentally introduced in one of the Windows updates" I thought to myself. If only I had known the depth and extent of my ignorance...
I spent hours upon hours researching the various drivers associated with my Intel 520 graphics card, the dedicated Nvidia GPU, the monitors, and eventually my entire hardware setup just to ensure that everything had been updated. I checked for anything new on Windows Update daily. I even downloaded the latest Windows ISO images for my Surface Book after each major Windows update, in a paranoid attempt to make sure my drivers, software, and firmware were on the absolute bleeding edge of technology available to my setup.
I realized that I had truly started to creep into the fringes of insanity when I found myself doing all sorts of voodoo computer magic. I started plugging the monitors into the dock one at a time, very slowly, over and over again until it would detect both. I stood the dock up vertically. I flipped the dock connector around on my computer. I basically lobotomized the keys in my registry related to my graphics drivers and monitors. I would then proceed to try all sorts of various combinations of these things until finally I could use both monitors.
This death spiral continued for months. Why was this happening to me? Did I offend the deity of Connectivity? Is this karma punishing me for some past transgression? WHY GOD? WHY?
This madness came to an apex a few days ago, when I caught myself spending 6 hours...six. SIX. Six whole hours just trying to get the damn thing to work. I couldn't take it anymore. After torturous hours of shameful, single-monitored googling, I finally found the source of my agony.
Microsoft was recommending that MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adapters should be "active" if using both MiniDisplayPort slots on the Surface Dock. The Microsoft ones I had purchased, the only adapters they made at that time, were passive.
Level of betrayal: Egregious.
I purchased these adapters from Cable Matters, and now have my setup working flawlessly again. Crystal clear, work just as expected, and got both of them for $36 (as opposed to shelling out $80+ for a set of Microsoft's NEW adapters V2.0, which are active, but only got released after they realized how royally they screwed up in the first place). And lived happily ever after.
That day, the Day of the Second Docking, the boy realized he was no longer a boy. He had become a man. He was now wise to the ways of the wicked: a glittery, inviting exterior, hiding seven layers of Hell underneath.
My reasons for telling you this tale are twofold: Heed the warnings from this lesson, lest ye succumb to the black magics of the Brand, and Praise Be to the great folks at Cable Matters for extending their heavenly hands to pull me from my pit of misery.
Cable Matters, you are my Rick Astley. Thank you.
TL;DR: buy this adapter. it works.
- "Active" instead of passive (means that it actually pushes the signal to your monitor)
- Good quality and construction
- Relatively small size
Cons:
- none at the moment
Personal Experience:
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and purchased the docking station to create a home system that would work will a full-sized monitor. Without research, I assumed that any minidisplay port to HDMI would work fine to allow the Surface Pro 3 to mirror or display its screen on my full-sized monitor. Unfortunately, this was not the case and after a few days of frustrating inconsistency trying to mirror my display on my monitor, I did some research to diagnose the problem. The problem was simply that lower-cost minidisplay to HDMI adapters tend to be passive (which isn't a problem if your device actively pushes the signal, but the Surface Pro 3 does not actively push the signal), thus causing inconsistent or inefficient transfer of the necessary signal to push your display to a full-sized monitor. After doing a little more research, I found the Cable Matters adapter and was pleased to discover that it worked perfectly. I purchased two so I could always have one at home, and one for when I travel to plug directly into any TV.
FYI: Some older HDMI cables may not be compatible with an "active" adapter. I tested this out by using an older HDMI cable in my Surface Pro 3 to full-sized monitor set up, and I ran into the same problems I had originally with my "passive" adapter. This is likely because the older HDMI cables aren't able to transfer the active signal to the monitor (thus negating the "active" signal and making your setup "passive" again). I swapped out the older HDMI cable for a newer one, and it worked perfectly again.
Conclusion:
Reasonable price, works reliably for systems requiring an "Active" adapter, quality construction, and relatively small size. I definitely recommend this adapter.
Top reviews from other countries
The picture qualit is great, and I get 60 fps on my 4K screen. I actually even forgot that the HDMI cable was attached to the computer via the adapter, so definitely works great.
Seems pretty high quality, and does what it's adertised to do.
I'm pretty happy with it.
Avoir de la 2k 60hz depuis le port mini dp d’un Mac mini de 2012. Mais avec un câble HDMI.
Ce câble EST BIEN UN ADAPTATEUR ACTIF, c’est à dire qu’il convertit le signal mini dp en signal lisible par un câble hdmi.
Très satisfait de ce câble. Qui comparé à d’autres sur Amazon fait ce qu’il dit....
Je recommande.
+ il est vraiment abordable !