Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Ordering this thing gets you the newest version (MD826AM/A) and not the ZM/A version. March 2016 I cannot speak to the older version but I just received this new on from Amazon. Tested it. What some of the very low reviews claim is NOT true. You get the HDMI feed from the phone, but it depends on the source. Low quality YouTube looks like crap on an HD set obviously but HD video looks just great. You DO get headphone audio output (tested YouTube and Safari website played video). I cannot talk to what a specific app on the phone does based on how they program it to behave. It's certainly thinkable a specific app could be written to only output audio via HDMI just as some apps refuse to allow playback out of the HDMI adapter. I got video audio on YouTube videos. I got audio on website (safari) played video. So it does what I expect it to do. One star away just because it so bulky. I'll update this review if my experience indicates a change in performance or reliability. Additionally the audio stayed in sync with the video just fine. I was listening with headphone jack connected earbuds. Though this isn't a typical use case but a plugged in external speaker would work the same. Again I tested with YouTube. I didn't yet test with 1080P not with a dedicated video app. If I discover an HD app or feed cannot keep audio in sync with the video I'll update the review.