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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1877828" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J6DT070/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J6DT070/?tag=macforums0e4-20</a></p><p></p><p>I'd say almost certainly; though I have no personal experience with that specific brand and model of adapter cable. (I should say that I often prefer to go with the DisplayPort option over the HDMI option, if i can, because there are fewer different specifications for DP, and so you usually can't go wrong choosing the DP option, rather than working hard to find an HDMI option of the latest specification. Unfortunately, the flip side of this is that it is harder to find reliable sources for quality DisplayPort adapters.)</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, you can't look at the specs of some of these adapters and then just assume that they will work. For instance, if you look at the comments on the Amazon page you cited some Macbook users in particular had unsuccessful and even disastrous results using that particular adapter cable.</p><p></p><p>If you go through Amazon's listings of various brands of adapter cables, a large number of them have a shockingly spotty success rate. It's even more distressing when folks are reporting that their Macbook was "killed" by a specific adapter. So...be careful!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I like that too. It just seems neater and cleaner with fewer points for noise to enter. </p><p></p><p>In theory, because HDMI and DisplayPort cables carry purely digital signals, they should either work or not work, assuming that the adapter or cable is well made and you aren't, for instance, using a 30 foot cable through which the signal will degrade. But....they aren't always well made. And connections aren't always perfect. Etc. </p><p></p><p>So a one piece adapter cable would be ideal, but only if you know that the adapter cable in question has consistently worked really well for other Macintosh users. If you don't, it's probably better to go with a proven product, or combination of products.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1877828, member: 190607"] [URL]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01J6DT070/?tag=macforums0e4-20[/URL] I'd say almost certainly; though I have no personal experience with that specific brand and model of adapter cable. (I should say that I often prefer to go with the DisplayPort option over the HDMI option, if i can, because there are fewer different specifications for DP, and so you usually can't go wrong choosing the DP option, rather than working hard to find an HDMI option of the latest specification. Unfortunately, the flip side of this is that it is harder to find reliable sources for quality DisplayPort adapters.) Unfortunately, you can't look at the specs of some of these adapters and then just assume that they will work. For instance, if you look at the comments on the Amazon page you cited some Macbook users in particular had unsuccessful and even disastrous results using that particular adapter cable. If you go through Amazon's listings of various brands of adapter cables, a large number of them have a shockingly spotty success rate. It's even more distressing when folks are reporting that their Macbook was "killed" by a specific adapter. So...be careful! I like that too. It just seems neater and cleaner with fewer points for noise to enter. In theory, because HDMI and DisplayPort cables carry purely digital signals, they should either work or not work, assuming that the adapter or cable is well made and you aren't, for instance, using a 30 foot cable through which the signal will degrade. But....they aren't always well made. And connections aren't always perfect. Etc. So a one piece adapter cable would be ideal, but only if you know that the adapter cable in question has consistently worked really well for other Macintosh users. If you don't, it's probably better to go with a proven product, or combination of products. [/QUOTE]
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