{"id":11489,"date":"2010-08-29T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/2010\/08\/29\/what-hdmi-cable-do-i-need-for-my-android-evo-or-droid-x\/"},"modified":"2010-08-29T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-29T22:20:00","slug":"what-hdmi-cable-do-i-need-for-my-android-evo-or-droid-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=11489","title":{"rendered":"What HDMI Cable Do I Need for My Android EVO or Droid X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/micro_hdmi.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1792]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 12px 15px 0px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"Micro HDMI (Top) and Type A HDMI (Bottom)\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Micro HDMI (Top) and Type A HDMI (Bottom)\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pocketpccentral.net\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/micro_hdmi_thumb.jpg\" width=\"258\" height=\"196\" \/><\/a>Take a look at some of the newest high-end Android smartphones \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/smartphone\/android\/sprint\/htc_evo.htm\">HTC EVO 4G<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/pocketpccentral.net\/smartphone\/android\/verizon\/droid_x.htm\">Motorola Droid X<\/a> \u2013 and you\u2019ll notice a new port we haven\u2019t seen much of before on handhelds: HDMI. Yes, built-in HDMI ports on smartphones is are here, and if forced to wager, we\u2019d bet they\u2019re here to stay.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But you\u2019ll also notice that these ports are not ordinary HDMI.&#160; They\u2019re smaller &#8211; much smaller &#8211; and won\u2019t work with the HDMI cables you already have laying around.&#160; No, these are HDMI Type D ports, more commonly known as Micro HDMI. And in order to use them, you\u2019ll need cables with smaller Micro HDMI connectors on one end and standard Type A connectors on the other.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">These cables aren\u2019t usually as expensive as standard HDMI cables, even at retail.&#160; But, as with all cables, you can save quite a bit if you do a little hunting.&#160; Amazon, for example, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B003XNANU8?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=palmsizepccentra&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B003XNANU8\">6-foot DAEC Micro HDMI to HDMI cable for $11<\/a> (as of this writing).&#160; You can also find <a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574633735&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5335822504&amp;customid=microhdmi82910&amp;icep_uq=micro+hdmi&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=15&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=12&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\">great Micro HDMI prices on eBay<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at some of the newest high-end Android smartphones \u2013 the HTC EVO 4G or the Motorola Droid X \u2013 and you\u2019ll notice a new port we haven\u2019t seen much of before on handhelds: HDMI. Yes, built-in HDMI ports on smartphones is are here, and if forced to wager, we\u2019d bet they\u2019re here [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/?p=11489\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11492,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11489\/revisions\/11492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerhunter.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}