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I just received the blue rigger cable and it worked straight away for me. Related question though. With the HDMI output connected does it drain the battery faster?

I haven't tested it but I think it would have to somewhat. More then likely the tablet can tell when something is connected and uses more power to provide to the HDMI. I did some battery test today vs my Xoom but tomorrow I'll test HDMI output.

As far as the Xoom goes if anyone is curious...

Using glbenchmark battery test I found out a couple things.

Using Egypt 2.5 HD @ 60 fps the Nexus 10 uses more battery and gets significantly warm. The Xoom is very laggy to the point its annoying to watch (unwatchable) but it stays cool. The N10 is using more battery but is doing a lot more so its a moot point.

Using Egypt 2.1 @ 30 fps both tablets keep up. The N10 still gets a little warm whereas the Xoom stays cool. The Xoom however has obvious artifacting especially with shadows. The Nexus STILL is using more battery at this point.

On the second test with Egypt 2.1 @ 30 fps I started both test at the same time (however the N10 loaded a lot faster) the N10 was at 71% battery and the Xoom was at 70%. By the end of the brief test I performed the N10 was at 64% while the Xoom was at 66% so the N10 passed the Xoom. However I'd like to point out this wasn't a very scientific test but it looks to be a power hungry device especially consider it has a larger battery....

All test were using the 100% brightness mode. Both screens LOOK about the same brightness at 100%

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