Mini dvi to hdmi adaptor vs. mini dvi to dvi adaptor

Do the mini dvi to hdmi adaptor works? I notice a lot of them for sell on ebay, but none at apple store. Does apple not recommend this setup? Most of the forums address the mini dvi to dvi adaptor to dvi to hdmi cable set up. I can not find anything that clearly says you can use the mini dvi to hdmi adaptor and just connect a regular hdmi cable to get video from a macbook to tv.
BTW My LG tv model 42PC3D (link to manuel below) says that the HDMI cable supports computer connection.
http://us.lgservice.com/index_b2c.jsp

There are reports here that non Apple mini DVI-->whatever cables don't work correctly connect to a MB. That said, if the cable is cheap enough, give it a shot. I just looked at the mini DVI-->HDMI cables on eBay and they all look "short" and for most installation, will require a longer HDMI-->HDMI cable.
So, unless the price of a DVI-->HDMI cable is a lot more than an HDMI-->HDMI cable, why not go with the standard Apple mini DVI-->HDMI cable? However, if you already have the latter, I can understand why you might not want to buy the former cable.

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