Just connect the displayport adapter to your computer and a HDMI cable from the adapter to the monitor tv or projector etc. Delivering a higher resolution, faster refresh rate, deeper colours and no lag all from a single cable. It has absolutely nothing to do with the age of the video format (as another user put it "older standard").

Notice I said "active" adapter--that's the magic word you need to look for when getting an adapter to go from HDMI to DP. The point of HDMI was to replace those messy DVI and component cables and instead have something that could carry audio and video digitally, hassle-free. PayPal Pay in 3 is a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH.

So is “DP is HDMI plus some extra information, so it’s easy to strip but hard to generate that info”. The HDMI to DisplayPort Adapter Converter is the perfect solution for connecting devices with an HDMI output to a display with a DisplayPort input. These cookies handle the collection of information about your use of the content, and combination with previously collected information, used to measure, understand, and report on your usage of the service. HDMI is an abbreviation of ‘High Definition Multimedia Interface’, and it refers to an interface that is used for transferring HD data from one device and transferring it over to another. This means that if you want to plug in an HDMI monitor to a DisplayPort computer, it will figure out and output an HDMI signal directly.

Connect this port to the source with a USB-A female port or to a USB Power Adapter for supplying extra power to the product in the event that the HDMI source can’t supply enough power (under 300mA). Just plug a passive connector, plug in your HDMI cable, and you'll have a clean, native HDMI signal coming out of your PC. If you have a good active HDMI-to-DisplayPort converter, you're not likely to notice a difference even with a native signal. If the source supports dual-mode DisplayPort (also known as DP++), then you can use a passive adapter because the source can perform the conversion.

The Alogic HDMI to DisplayPort Converter Adapter with USB Power sends video signals from an existing desktop computer or another source device with a HDMI video output port to a projector or monitor with a DisplayPort input. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. By contrast, passive DisplayPort-to-HDMI converters work pretty much flawlessly, given how the signal is the same as a native signal. However, there are small HDMI to vga adapters that work even though I don’t know about vga back to dvi and display port. If an adapter from A to Z is needed and available it usually means a sufficient number of users have needed it to make producing it a viable project, asking about such a device puts the asker in the group.