Some type of (optical audio + minidisplayport) --> hdmi cable?

Does something like this exist?

Thanks.

 

it could work but you would need more than a simple cable. The audio is multiplexed along with the video in HDMI so you would need to decode the video and re-encode it with the audio.

something like this:
http://www.supermediastore.com/apog...dif-optical-toslink-coaxial-input-output.html

it is DVI but you can convert your minidisplay port to DVI.

 

Exactly what you are looking for.
http://www.kanexlive.com/products/item.aspx?id=3495

 

Nice! Wonder if it really works well......

 

damn, too expensivo for what it is. it's a cable. it needs to be like $10.

 

It's not just a cable. It's a cable that converts USB/Optical to audio over HDMI. It's not like it's a simple split the wires. Plus it's the only one. Maybe if you wait they may get cheaper.

 

i understand that there is some tech going on in there, but at the end of the day, i am abstracted from all that, and to me it's a cable

if you know what i mean.

anyway, i'll wait that one out.

and probably sell my laptop when a new one comes out that can output audio+video

 

I got one from Monoprice. It's a Mini Display port to HDMI converter and it costs around $10. But you'll have to buy the HDMI cable if you don't have one since this is only a converter. Also, this doesn't include audio, so you'll have to get the audio cable and connect it from the laptops audio jack to the TVs. All of these cables can probably be found at monoprice.com for a cheap price.

This is what I've been doing since I got my MBP 13" and I've never had a problem with it.

 

The Monoprice one is cheap because it doesn't have to mux audio in and the pin-outs are basically 1:1.

masterchef341, you may be abstracting it in your head that it's just a cable, but reality states that there's a huge difference between a simple cable that connects pins together, and a hardware device that needs to draw power and perform signal transformations and muxing. The chips alone are worth more than $10.

 

i don't deny it

nevertheless, i won't get $70 of utility out of it because its just the difference between running one cable or two, and this would also cost me a usb port (total of three port on my laptop where I could just run two cables and only use two ports).

My solution:

Minidisplayport to hdmi (like J8II said, but for ~8.50 after shipping on eBay)

and then either an optical toslink type audio cable or a normal 3.5mm audio cable, depending on how easy toslink is going to be for my speakers and TV. I might have an optical audio input but i'm not sure.

then, possibly, a simple housing of these two cables as "one" that splits off on both ends for < $5 makes more sense to me than getting all the data through hdmi AND costing me a usb port for $70.

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the BEST solution would be for the macbook pro to support audio out through the minidisplayport, and just have a simple minidisplayport -> hdmi, and have it just work. that would have been awesome.

 

That's pretty much how I'm doing it, mini-displayport to HDMI adapter with separate audio out going to the speakers.

And yes, that would have been awesome, but Apple has yet to show that they give a damn about HDMI.

 

the BEST solution would be for Apple to get out of their bubble and just put normal ports on their notebooks...