Go To Latest Video ReviewsHDMI Type D Mini Connector Prototyped
| Author | Hugo Jobling |
| Published | 11th May 2009 |
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TrustedReviews NewslettersThe next revision of the HDMI standard will apparently be adding a new, extra-small connector to the spec. The Type D plug is similar in size to Micro USB but, cleverly, still has the same 19 pins as a standard Type A HDMI connector.
This pin-for-pin compatibility means that direct Type D to Type A connections would be possible. As such a mobile phone or media player capable of playing high definition content could be hooked up directly to an HDTV using HDMI.
With a growing number of small, portable devices now purporting to offer HD playback, such as the Omnia HD, the Flip Mino HD and, rumour has it, the Zune HD, it's definitely a good thing to see a standard, universal connector emerging. I'm sure I'm not alone in my hatred of proprietary ports and cables.
The next version of the HDMI standard will apparently arrive this half of 2009, so products using the connector will likely appear not long afterwards.
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ilovethemonkeyhead said on 11th May 2009
GoldenGuy said on 11th May 2009
Is it wrong to be even more concerned for Apple's move to DisplayPort now?
Bytes said on 11th May 2009
DisplayPort (DP) is HDMI without any royalty fees. I guess you don't see DP port as companies signed several year contract to have HDMI, securing the port future to Sony and p... more
dustofnations said on 12th May 2009
You can envisage this new, more diminutive, connector being rammed into USB ports by users can't you..!
Incidentally the comment on proprietary connectors is q... more
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if this doesn't make it onto a mac laptop...