Long-time PC user, on the brink of defection, needs HDMI advice.

[dh2005]

Hello folks,

I'm eyeing-up a new iMac 27". But there's one issue that befuddles me, despite doing an hour's Goolging...

... I've read about an MDP-to-HDMI cable being available, allowing Mac laptops to be connected to HDMI televisions. But my ambitions are the reverse. If I buy a 27" iMac, I'll be looking to connect several HDMI devices to its display; we're talking PS3, Xbox 360, Popcorn Hour C-200 etc.

Is this possible? If not, is there any other way to achieve this? And if so, are there any limitations I should know about (I'm thinking in the audio department, specifically; but anything goes...)?

Many thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to joining you Mac Folk, after sixteen years on the sidelines...!

Cheers,



DH.

 

[avihappy]

Hello folks,

I'm eyeing-up a new iMac 27". But there's one issue that befuddles me, despite doing an hour's Goolging...

... I've read about an MDP-to-HDMI cable being available, allowing Mac laptops to be connected to HDMI televisions. But my ambitions are the reverse. If I buy a 27" iMac, I'll be looking to connect several HDMI devices to its display; we're talking PS3, Xbox 360, Popcorn Hour C-200 etc.

Is this possible? If not, is there any other way to achieve this? And if so, are there any limitations I should know about (I'm thinking in the audio department, specifically; but anything goes...)?

Many thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to joining you Mac Folk, after sixteen years on the sidelines...!

Cheers,



DH.

See this thread: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/806175/

In short, it will work. However, at the moment only with 720p and with a $150 converter.

Really, the MDP video in is meant for connecting other iMacs, recent Apple notebooks, or a PC equipped with a DisplayPort video card to the iMac.

 

[dh2005]

Damn. That's a shame.

No other way into it, I suppose...?

 

[dh2005]

Seems a real missed opportunity, to me. Sure, that's not what an iMac "is for", but in the very least it would be another reason to buy one.