I brought my playbook yesterday and I found a video on YouTube where somebody did a unboxing and they had a HDMI cable in the box so they can mirror their playbook to the tv, I got the original charger and a cable had looks like a USB adapter, am I missing something?? Or is the USB cable used to connect to the tv? Thanks
No, it doesn't. It only comes with a usb cable. Of course, I got my PB last April, so that might have changed, but if so, I think that would have been big news on CB. Not to worry, though. You can buy them fairly cheap.
Aamazon as said above has em cheap.
Got one that was 15 feet and also came with a high amp car usb adapter for under 12$.
If you need a 6 foot cable only can get for under 6$ shipped
OP, while you are shopping for the HDMI cable... be sure to also get the Rapid wall charger that has the magnetic end... this will save your USB port on the PB for updating on your PC...
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OP, while you are shopping for the HDMI cable... be sure to also get the Rapid wall charger that has the magnetic end... this will save your USB port on the PB for updating on your PC...
The PB charger that comes as default plugs into the USB port on the PB. The plug and the cable both are fragile and repeated use can result in getting either or both damaged and broken. This would result in the USB port unusable for other uses like connecting to the computer which is required for backups/ using the desktop manager/ filetransfer etc.
The rapid charger has a magnetic port and does not use the USB port and thus saves the PB from getting damaged and also the rapid charger charges the PB a lot faster.
have unpackened all my pb's and none had a hdmi cable included.
luckily i already have some hmdi cables, only thing i needed to let it work.
was just buying a micro hmdi plug. plug and go.
if you look around, there are quite some good hdmi cables out there for a good price.
I, too, had thought that the "extra" cable in the box was an hdmi. I did not even think it could be yet another usb. So after 2 weeks when I finally decided to hook my pb up to my tv, I could not get that darn "hdmi" cable into the socket!!!!!!! Turned it over and over - no fit. Ah, usb! I was sorely disappointed and quickly went on line to monoprice.com and ordered a shorter and longer one.
There are two forms of rapid charger for the pb. One is a dock but can be very limited if you protect your pb with a case. The other is more like the usb type charger but has a small plug that is magnetic and attaches to the rightmost socket on the pb. So much less stress than on the usb. And if you use wifi-sharing with the pb, you rarely have to plug anything into the usb socket.