Do i need a genuine apple mini display to hdmi port?

considering putting the display from my macbook pro (2011) to my tv and i was just wondering if needed a genuine apple mini dispaly to hdmi adaptor or if i could buy a third party one?
cheers

Andrew Wolczyk wrote:
Never had a problem.
I believe you, but that's a sample of one. I and others have had problems and as the adaptor is such a small fraction of overall cost I standardized on the Moshi, from the Apple Store and now have no problems, I use these installations in bars, and there are over 30 of them so for me consistency matters, and the screen/macmini costs way more than the adaptor/cable combo.
Read the many posts on this subject, a search on Moshi will reveal them as it is regularly recommended in this forum.
And as your adaptor works so well, how about identifying it for others?

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