[Nix-dev] Screen with HDMI for FOSDEM

[Michael Raskin]

>>>    In future, I should find some kind of HDMI-to-USB adaptor to somehow
>>> allow me to use the screen of one of my devices that has a screen. I
>>> actually have 6 HD screens with me but of course none of those devices
>>> have an HDMI input.
>> Do these exist? Do these exist at remotely sensible price points? I know
>> neither of the answers, I would also like such a thing and I hate movie
>> industry for their efforts to ensure HDMI is defacto standard for video
>> output _and_ a huge pain to capture even from non-movie-playing
>> device...
>The obvious thing to search for is ‘HDMI to UVC adaptor’, because such a
>device would ‘just work’ with anything that supports the standard,
>including Android 4.0+ devices when using a MicroUSB OTG host cable.
>Some do exist but unfortunately they're marketed as ‘capture cards’ and
>priced higher than most screens, which is a throwback to analogue to
>digital video conversion devices. Really they should cost around the
>same as MHL adaptors.

Thanks. I knew these would be called capture devices (unfortunately),
but didn't try HDMI-to-UVC name. Will look.