Choosing DisplayPort to HDMI Video Cables
Connecting devices to your TV is made simple with HDMI and DisplayPort adapters and cables. Whether or not the two devices you want to connect offer the same port system is a problem that can easily be fixed with an HDMI adapter.
What is DisplayPort?
- Similar to an HDMI cable, a DisplayPort is a cable and port interface system that is used to connect devices such as laptops, TVs, and gaming consoles in order to transmit audio and video files from a computer to a monitor.
- A DisplayPort is slightly different from an HDMI and requires an HDMI female or HDMI male adapter in order to connect an HDMI cable into a DisplayPort.
- An HDMI cable or DisplayPort allows devices to transmit video graphics array (VGA) files between one another.
What Are the Benefits of This Product?
- Adapters allow you the flexibility of being able to connect any port to any device or cable even if the devices don't have the same DVI or digital video interface system.
- DisplayPort male to HDMI female cables will allow users to connect a DisplayPort to an HDMI port.
What is the Difference Between Female and Male HDMI Cables?
- The gendered reference of the cables signifies whether or not the port is an input or an output.
- An HDMI female or female adapter means that the HDMI portion of the cable is an input, while a male signifies that the HDMI is an output.
What as a Mini DisplayPort?
- A Mini DisplayPort is an input and output DVI system that is smaller than a normal DisplayPort.
- The system is used on devices such as the newer version of the Apple MacBook Air or MacBook Pro products and allows the computer to have a smaller input system attached to it.
- The Mini DisplayPort requires an HDMI adapter, a Mini DisplayPort male to HDMI female adapter, an HDMI male or DisplayPort male cable in order transmit VGA with HDMI or DisplayPort devices.
- Most computers do not have an HDMI input andtherefore require an adapter cable.
Can I Connect a VHS Player To My LCD TV With This Product?
- In order to connect a VHS player to an LCD TV, you may need an audio/video cable to HDMI adapter.
- Audio/video cables are the colored cables on older devices like VHS players and older TVs.
- Some newer TVs have A/V inputs attached to them, in which case you would not need to use an HDMI adapter or adapter cable in order to connect the two devices.