Why doesn't Apple offer HDMI ports in more products?

[agl82]

This will likely not be a popular topic, but Microsoft has been on the PC home theater bandwagon for some time via Windows Media Center. (thus far they have done poorly in my opinion)

The Apple fanboys at Engadget would tend to disagree with you. They claim Windows Media Center is the best on the market. I agree. Apple TV is a joke.

"Once you switch to Windows 7 Media Center there is no going back. It might not seem like that much at first, but when you try to go back to Vista or even another solution like Moxi or TiVo, it is like going back in time. The fact is that Microsoft has been in a league of its own with Vista Media Center and while the competition is still sitting idle suing each other, Microsoft has yet again raised the bar. There is no doubt in our mind that it is the all around best DVR solution available today..."

http://hd.engadget.com/2009/07/27/windows-7-media-center-review/

 

[AFPoster]

Solution: buy a DVI-HDMI cable, it's not difficult.

Most people have this cord but the downside is you still need an Audio cable because DVI doesn't transfer sound.

 

[Rob AK]

Why would Apple work hard to include a 'home entertainment standard' in their computers? Did you ever expect to see a scart or component connection on your Mac?


Apple, through iTunes has made a major commitment to computers seamlessly accessing entertainment and playing it. I would like HDMI 1.4 and the most recent sound output from a Blu-Ray source. Eventually iTunes, Netflix, etc. is going to offer that kind of quality online. My iPhone records HD movies. You can get camcorders that record in 1080 and with proper microphones and software you can at least get 5.1 and I am sure 7.1 is coming. Why not make your computers match the direction Apple entertainment is going, not to mention where everyone else is going. It would be a shame for a company, who started the online entertainment revolution with the iPod and iTunes let that chunk of the market get away because they didn't make hardware that could do it all.

 

[rayrainer]

What percentage of Video Card manufacturers make cards with HDMI? It's tiny in comparison to anything else.

What do you mean? Every video card I have owned has an HDMI port. HDMI is the standard for TV's for quite some time now since LCD TV's came out which is a long time ago. That is what I always hate about Apple and every time I think about getting a Mac. I just get irritated with the way it thinks. I gave up on Apple after Tiger but keep wondering about getting a Mac Pro. I really don't know how Mac users put up with Apple and have to always to get an "adapter or a dongle". What a life. On a certain level Windows is much easier to use, unless you are dense which a lot of people seem to be. I also don't understand the new Mac pros that look like trash cans. I don't get why you would create a form where you have no access to the latest biggest video cards. What is with that? You have to have such patience to own a Mac.

 

[Tech198]

Seems to me HDMI is now the standard for home entertainment. How come only the TV has this connection? I tried searching for HDMI and was amazed at all the recent results. I would think most people should benefit from their computers having this connection, yet only one product offers it. Whatcha think? HDMI ports on the horizon, or not anytime soon?

Actually, i'd take it one step further, and say why doesn't Apple have HDMI cables included, particularly when it's obvious that when you just bought an Apple TV, now how are u gonna connect it up to your HDMI set if u need buy a cable?

When u think they include USB-C cables, they can afford bundling HDMI cables as well.

Apple's probably just giving users a choice, but at the end of the day, when something is so simple, the *only* way to connect something to something else *is* via a cable that is not included, then that seems of of a "stupid Apple" kinda thing...

HDMI *ports* on their products - i agree, Apple is not an entertainment industry.... But u can't say the same for cables when u must use it.

 

[DaveOP]

What do you mean? Every video card I have owned has an HDMI port. HDMI is the standard for TV's for quite some time now since LCD TV's came out which is a long time ago. That is what I always hate about Apple and every time I think about getting a Mac. I just get irritated with the way it thinks. I gave up on Apple after Tiger but keep wondering about getting a Mac Pro. I really don't know how Mac users put up with Apple and have to always to get an "adapter or a dongle". What a life. On a certain level Windows is much easier to use, unless you are dense which a lot of people seem to be. I also don't understand the new Mac pros that look like trash cans. I don't get why you would create a form where you have no access to the latest biggest video cards. What is with that? You have to have such patience to own a Mac.

You guys realize that you responded to a thread from 2008? Of course HDMI was not fully adopted back then.