HDMI detective vs. MDP-HDMI adapter

I would like to get a new Mac Mini for use as a media server with my TV.  The TV wants HDMI input, but I understand Mac Minis can have problems with the HDMI sleep signal the TV may send when turned off.
I know one solution to this is to use a Gefen HDMI Detective.
Can I also use a Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter to get around this issue?  The Moshi adapter on the Apple Store claims to support sending audio...?  Does that really work, or will I have to have a separate audio cable to the TV?

axelessbaum wrote:
I would like to get a new Mac Mini for use as a media server with my TV.  The TV wants HDMI input, but I understand Mac Minis can have problems with the HDMI sleep signal the TV may send when turned off.
I know one solution to this is to use a Gefen HDMI Detective.
Can I also use a Mini Displayport to HDMI adapter to get around this issue?  The Moshi adapter on the Apple Store claims to support sending audio...?  Does that really work, or will I have to have a separate audio cable to the TV?
The Mini Displayport to HDMI adaptor would support sending audio along with the video, I believe it would also better cope with the loss of the signal from the TV when the TV sleeps or is turned off in that when the TV comes back it is more likely that the Mini Displayport will have remained selected and detect this and restore the video. However it will still have two problems.
First, when the Mini Displayport to HDMI adaptor loses the signal from the TV, the audio output from the Mac mini will change back to the default built-in audio output, this would be the same (mis)behaviour that the HDMI port would have. Secondly, when the Mini Displayport loses the signal, it will revert to a lower default resolution and will not stay at for example 1920x1080. I don't know what resolution it would use when the TV signal reappears.
To solve both these problems you would still have to use a HDMI Detective+

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