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HDMI input (game console, any computer with DVI) is coming for the late 2009 iMacs
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Apogee has announced the development of an HDMI input adapter for the late 2009 iMacs. Will allow input from any HDMI device (Xbox 360, PS3, etc) or any computer with DVI (via cheap/easy HDMI/DVI adapter). They've posted a video demo on YouTube.
I suspect it's an active converter that's also scaling the resolution.
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My guess is they'll charge $199.99 for it... and at that price you might be better off just buying another monitor.
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Call Apogee and say "Aardwolf"? Looks to be a different Apogee, though, that one was only founded in 2006.
Active converters already exist. Also note that the iMac 27" supports both 1280*720 and 1920*1080 natively, so a scaler is not strictly required if you're only targeting the 27" iMac.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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Yeah, I'd be surprised if they upscaled it. Most likely it will just keep the same rez.
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The atlona Adapter is already available $150.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
The atlona Adapter is already available $150.
That's not quite as bad a price as I had thought. I had thought the adapters were $200-250. That one is only DVI, but DVI - HDMI adapters are only $10 anyway. It is limited to 1080p though, as expected.
Now if Apogee is able to create something similar (preferably with HDMI instead of DVI) and only charges $99.99 for it, then I think they really might have something interesting. Even $150 is still high.
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Originally Posted by Simon
Hmm, for that kind of money you can buy a 1080p LCD display with HDMI input.
Not a very good one, though.
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Absolutely. And no doubt the 27" iMac's screen is a lot nicer anyway. I was merely trying to point out that those converters seem pretty expensive considering an entire monitor (which has its own PS and circuitry for HMDI->LVDS) costs about the same.
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