Where can I purchase Female Thunderbolt to HDMI cable?

I have a Apple Thunderbolt Display 27 which I want to use on a Windows machine with only an HDMI port. So I basically need to cable which will have female Thunderbolt port in one side and male HDMI port in other side of the cable.

Solution 1:

There's no such thing as a female Thunderbolt to male HDMI cable. Consequently, you cannot connect an HDMI Source to a Thunderbolt Display

DisplayPort (DP) and mini DisplayPort (mDP) can drive HDMI devices, but not the other way around.

I also want to connect it to my Windows laptop via HDMI. I bought this converter, which converts the HDMI signal to DisplayPort. Everything plugs in just fine, but the display just does not turn on.

Source: how do I connect an Apple Thunderbolt display to a PC?

In short, HDMI simply cannot create the "signaling" required for a DP or mDP signal. The Thunderbolt display is more than a display; it's a Thunderbolt hub/dock with a display attached to it.

From this picture, you can see all the ports that the display comes with:

• 3 USB ports
• 1 Firewire Port
• 1 Ethernet Port
• 1 Thunderbolt Port

As such, this is not a mDP or DP monitor. You need a Thunderbolt signal to drive this monitor and HDMI simply can't do it.

What will drive this monitor?

Per Apple's Support Page on the Thunderbolt Display....

Solution 2:

What you want to be looking for is Mini DisplayPort to HDMI (unless you have a windows machine with a thunderbolt port in that case you would just use a thunderbolt to thunderbolt, but I am assuming you don't). Here is a cheap Mini DisplayPort (which fits in your thunderbolt port) to HDMI cable, here is a more reputable Amazon branded adapter (for this one you would need a spare HDMI cable).

In case you don't know ThunderBolt uses Mini DisplayPort for its video connections so if you are looking for a cable just for video searching 'mini displayport to HDMI cable' will likely yield more results than 'thunderbolt to HDMI cable'.

EDIT: If you want something in store BestBuy usually has Mini DP to HDMI cables in their apple section.

Solution 3:

Has the OP tried this? It should work.

1. Connect the male Thunderbolt Cinema Display cable into the female end of a Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt (male) adapter.

2. Next, connect the male thunderbolt end from step 1 into the female end of a Thunderbolt to HDMI (male) adapter.

3. Connect the HDMI male end from step 2 into the HDMI port (female) of the Windows PC.