I have a Macbook Pro connected to a Dell P2714H IPS 27-Inch monitor. It connects with a mini display port to display port cable. (The monitor has only a large display port connector, it does not have a HDMI connector.) It works fine.
This is a close up of the above mini display port to display port cable. It works fine.
I would prefer to connect with HDMI. The reason is so that I can put my HDMI switch in the middle, and be able to switch the monitor to the macbook or windows pc.
So I got a mini display port to HDMI cable + a HDMI to display port adapter. It does not work. It all seems to fit fine, but the monitor is blank.
I wondered if the adapter is bad, so I got another one. It still does not work. Any ideas?
HDMI switch in the middle
?I would prefer to connect with HDMI.
Then isn't the mini-DP to HDMI cable alone enough? Why are you trying to convert the HDMI to DP again?