Eclectic Electronics

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:00 PM PST

Micro-HDMI Type D to Type A cables are readily available via Parts Express, Amazon or Monoprice. Monoprice also has Type A to Type D conversion cables on this page.

Below are some additional helpful information I managed to stumble on via Wikipedia and HDMI.org. Just a friendly reminder, type C is mini-HDMI while type D is micro-HDMI:

From Wikipedia:

Type D

A Micro connector defined in the HDMI 1.4 specification keeps the standard 19 pins of types A and C but shrinks the connector size to something resembling a micro-USB connector. The type D connector is 2.8 mm × 6.4 mm, whereas the type C connector is 2.42 mm × 10.42 mm; for comparison, a micro-USB connector is 2.94 mm × 7.8 mm and USB Type A is 11.5 mm × 4.5 mm.

From HDMI.org:

HDMI Micro Connector

In addition to the three connector types already defined in previous versions of the HDMI standard, the HDMI 1.4 specification introduces a new “Type D” connector designed for cell phones, pocket cameras, and other portable devices where space is at a premium. Roughly the size of a Micro USB connector, it packs all the power and functionality of an HDMI link into a tiny form factor. Featuring a full nineteen-pin array like other HDMI connectors, the HDMI Micro Connector can handle video signals up to 1080p, bringing state-of-the-art HD resolutions to the realm of handheld devices. This new connector is approximately 50% smaller than the size of the existing HDMI Mini Connector.

What kinds of products will use an HDMI Micro Connector?

Mobile phones, portable media players, digital cameras, or any portable device where space is at a premium and HDMI quality is desired.

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SUMOpix photo mosaic: Fusion of art and acoustic/sound treatment never looked better

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:00 AM PST

These photo mosaic acoustic treatments, by SUMOpix, are certainly miles away in aesthetic quality compared to traditional acoustic materials simply wrapped in fabric. Sometimes even if you wrap acoustic treatment materials in different types and colors of fabric, it’s still pretty hard to integrate them into your home as they would still certainly look somewhat out of place.

With SUMOpix.com’s idea of joining artwork with acoustic treatment, just judge for yourself how photo mosaic sound treatments (below) look compared to normal acoustic panels wrapped in various types of fabric (above). The difference is just astounding.

I’m not sure if SUMOpix, a Denmark-based company, ships internationally. I’ve already e-mailed them and I’m waiting for them to give me an answer.

If you’re US-based, you can try GIK Acoustics’ ArtPanel™ or Acoustimacs AcousticART Panels. You have to weigh on deciding between the limitations of each. GIK Acoustics seems to offer only 2ft by 4ft sized panels (either non-wooden frame or wooden framed) and they don’t seem to mention the maximum number of panels per artwork. Acoustimacs on the other hand, has various sized panels but art can span only to a maximum of 3 panels. As for SUMOpix, I don’t think they have a limit because on their page, they use as much as 13 square sized panels so I assume the possibilities are limited by your creativity.

SUMOpix.com Launches Innovative Acoustic Improvement to Use at Home

SUMOpix.com launches innovative acoustic improvement to use at home. SUMOpix offers a new kind of professional acoustic improvement, which is markedly more decorative than the alternatives: sound absorbing pictures.

SUMOpix.com launches innovative acoustic improvement to use at home.

SUMOpix is widely known in Europe for its canvas foto print pictures.
One of the major challenges about decor in especially modern houses, where minimalism is in focus in architecture and decor, is poor acoustic. Due to all the hard, unbroken surfaces; glass surfaces, granite floor and smooth walls, non-absorbent materials and high ceilings it can be difficult to avoid bad acoustics.

Standing waves are sound waves, which is thrown around in the room and therefore takes longer to disappear. It feels like the room resounds, that there is an echo or that there in general is a raised sound level.

There are many solutions to this problem but they often appear heavy to the room’s aesthetics; e.g. raw Rockwool-looking sheets, large carpets or acoustic-panels with strange shapes or perforations hanged on walls or ceilings.

From now on the Danish company SUMOpix offers a new kind of professional acoustic improvement with canvas foto, which is markedly more decorative than the alternatives: sound absorbing pictures.

During the last couple of years, SUMOpix has build a reputable company in the canvas foto print industry, by offering customers a print with either their own pictures on canvas or the opportunity to choose for free between more than 6 million motives in ultra-high solution.

With starting point in these canvas foto print SUMOpix has through cooperation with producers of sound absorbing material and specialists for acoustics, developed a new, innovative product. The product is called sound absorbing pictures. The sound absorbing pictures combine the creative and artistic opportunities for photo print on canvas with the acoustic benefits concerning sound absorbing panels; inside the frame there will be placed a sound absorbing sheet, which absorbs the majority of the sound waves that hits the picture. SUMOpix also produces and sell fotobog.

The sound absorbing pictures effect has been tested – and proven – by the company VM-acoustics, whose test-result you can see in a report on SUMOpix website, where you also can read more about canvas foto print.