Mini Displayport HDMI 5V?

Does anyone happen to know if this cable (http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?cid=102&cp_id=10246&cs_id=1024603&pid=5995&seq=1&format=6) will send 5V over the 5V pin at the HDMI end? I am not sure if the Mini Displayport is capable of this or not. According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_DisplayPort), pin 20 of the Mini Displayport carries some sort of electric charge, however I do not know if this is 5V or not, or if it will transfer to HDMI over the monoprice cable.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: David K over at Monoprice customer service has just told me that it will work, however if anyone has experienced this first hand, it would be great.
Message was edited by: austinhab
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@Lambstechie - Now that I read into it, if the signal is converted, it can pass over 1 cat6 cable. What I was referring to is a cheaper converter, where an HDMI channel is connected straight to a Cat5/6 channel. And since HDMI 1.3 can work 100% perfect on 16 channels (just no ethernet, audio return, etc.) it seems like 16 channels over two 8-channel Cat5e/6 cables seems fit.
Also, I did not specify this earlier, but the total HDMI (not Cat5e/6) running distance will be under 10 feet, probably around 6 feet. Now when you say the loss of signal strength will happen around 15 ft of HDMI, does that include the distance running Cat5e/6 (approx. 30 ft), or just the HDMI length (6 ft).
@Eww - I see where you are coming from, and I did not see the price of those cables until now. That seems like a great deal. Thank you.
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