Can someone recommend a Mini Displayport Female to HDMI cord/adapter?

No combination of cables and simple adapters will let a Mini DisplayPort display work with a computer's HDMI port.

It needs a converter, such as the Kanex XD.

http://www.kanex.com/files/XD_English.pdf

(Note that it runs at half resolution (1280 X 720) with 27" displays.)

Hey, did this work for you? I've read reports that the female to female mini displayport couplers don't work.

Please clearify which Apple 27" display you want to connect. Is the the 2010 model which uses a mini-displayport. Or is it the current thunderbolt model.

If it's the TB model you're out of luck. You cannot connect a TB device to anything other that TB.

Confusing Mini DisplayPort with Thunderbolt

I generally recommend monoprice.com for cables and components. But a female mini-displayport adaptor to hdmi may be a problem to find.

Note, for DVI, if you want to use a 27" to it's full resolution you need dual-link DVI if you decide to use a DVI port. Also DVI does not pass audio.

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And your PC has DVI / HDMI Outputs, not Inputs.

As I edited my post above finding an adaptor or cable with a female mini-displayport appears to be the problem.

Why is a female needed?

HDMI cable out from PC to HDMI in on the adaptor, MDP male should plug into an Apple display.

simpson309 wrote:

Csound1,

That adapter won't help me at all.

Then please explain what kind of sockets are on your PC,

This is not a complete solution but, FWIW, heading in the right direction! 😀

Mini Displayport Female to Displayport Male Adapter Cable

simpson309 wrote:

HDMI and DVI inputs.

I need:

Apple Display (mini displayport MALE) -> HDMI or DVI (female)

The adaptor I posted has 1 x MDP (male) to plug into the monitor and 1 x HDMI (female) to plug the HDMI cable from the PC into.

You can not use MDP to DVI without a converter box.