14 DAY TRIAL // Atlona has launched over the past few years quite a few products targeting specifically Apple's LED Cinema displays and widescreen iMacs, and now, the company's back with yet another such offering, namely the DP300 HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Converter/Scaler.
The new adapter/scaler from Atlona is a successor both to the DP200 model, released back in February 2010, which enabled connectivity between the Apple Cinema Displays with the now legacy DVI based Mac products, and to the DP400, capable of converting dual link DVI video signals to Mini DisplayPort.
Thus, the DP300 can take HDMI sources like the Xbox360s, PS3s, Cable or Satellite Receivers, & Blu-Ray Players and convert and scale the signal to Mini DisplayPort for use with the new Apple Cinema Displays such as Apple 24-inch, Apple 27-inch LED and Apple 27-inch iMac.
The DP300 is specifically designed to work with Apple’s iMac 27-inch and both 24 and 27-inch LED displays which have MDP input, with resolutions up to 1920x1200 on the 24” models and 720p on others.
The reason why Apple opted to equip its products with the Mini DisplayPort is the fact that it's quickly becoming a common standard due to its open nature, but, in fact, they're not the only ones to have done it, since Dell, Collins America, Acer, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Phillips, NEC, and Pioneer all have announced support for the format.
“This product will help save innumerable amounts of money for users looking to avoid upgrading their entire computer, based simply on a video incompatibility issue,” commented Kevin Billingsley, Atlona Director of Sales.
However, in order to save money, users will first have to pay some money, since the Atlona DP300 HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Converter/Scaler obviously doesn't come for free, the device selling for somewhere in the vicinity of 150 US dollars.