Lightning-To-Hdmi Adapter For Iphone/ipod

Hi!I don't know if anyone else has been following the story about Apple's lightning to HDMI converter. A firm named Panic decided to take a look at the insides of the lightning-to-HDMI converter that Apple sells for $49. Now, for a $49 adapter, the quality of the display was not so great so when Panic took a further look, they determined that the video they were getting was not true 1080p but rather 1600x900 resolution video that was being scaled up to 1920x1080 to meet the resolution requirement for 1080p. That isn't quite what one would expect from a device that is advertised as 1080p. Most people probably would not notice the difference because when viewing and that is what Apple was counting on because it determined that the video quality was acceptable. However, people who were actually looking for the high quality by shelling out the cash for an Apple device and the official Apple lightning-to-HDMI adapter were disappointed. After all, whether the scaling is done by the adapter or by the television set, the quality is not likely to match true HD video output.The folks at Panic who took apart an Apple lightning to HDMI converter were quite surprised to find an ARM processor and two gigabytes of memory within the adapter. Think of it as a Raspberry-Pi within an adapter. The Raspberry-Pi sells for slightly higher because of the additional ports that it provides, but in essence, the lightning-to-HDMI adapter is pretty close and has a close-enough price tag too. The firmware for the device sits on a flash-able ROM, meaning that if the folks at Apple do figure out an efficient way to get full-HD video from the conversion process, the update can be downloaded and flashed onto the ROM considering that the lack of HD is not an interface limitation. However, if the processor is too slow to support full-HD, there is not much you can do with the existing converters and you would have to settle for what you get.Using Apple devices has never really been pocket-friendly, whether you choose to buy a MacBook or you choose to buy an iPhone. Accessories for iPhone devices carry a premium over accessories made for other devices. A comparable device with less cool-ness will burn a smaller hole in your pocket. The accessories will not cost you as much, granted that they will not be as ubiquitous as accessories for Apple's gadgets. If you do have a carrier contract that provides you with a subsidized iPhone, it does make the iPhone reasonable enough considering if your usage would otherwise have cost you pretty much the same in data package usage.