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Did you recently purchase a HDMI-to-DisplayPort cable and have found it is not working? In this case, it’s possible you might have the wrong kind of adapter for your setup. We here at DroiX are here with a short blog post to help you figure out a solution that might<\/strong> help remedy your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a converter\/adapter?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A display converter or adapter in short is a perphiperal that enables you to connect two separate <\/strong>devices even though they utilize different physical interfaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In practice, this would most likely come up when you are trying to use an older monitor\/screen with a newer device you’ve purchased, or vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, there are two main types of adapter to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passive Adapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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These are what will come up typically when you google “hdmi-to-displayport cable<\/a>” or similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A passive Adapter is a cable with one interface on the end, and one interface on the other. It does not affect the signal being transmitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of this, if your device outputs a signal from a port that isn’t compatible with the target device, it will not work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passive adapters are usually substantially cheaper than active adapters. It’s a good idea to have one or two common ones lying around if you are the type of person to keep electronics for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Active Adapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Active adapters are a more hands-on counterpart to their passive contemporary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An active adapter- as well as providing a bridge between two different interfaces – will actively convert one signal from another<\/a> as it is being transmitted, independent of the devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that the adapter can be more freely used to connect different devices, as there is less need to worry about what kind of signal is being output or received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Active adapters are generally slightly more bulky than passive adapters due to the additional components required in the cable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why is my HDMI-to-DisplayPort (etc.) cable not working?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There’s three possible reasons for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n