I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that they'd gone with the DVI to HDMI cable instead because of trouble with the combined weight of cable and adapter pulling HDMI connections out of equipment. Obviously that problem would only exist for DVI cables connecting to HDMI devices (the female DVi to male HDMI scenario you refer to) since HDMI to DVI adapters would be secured by DVI's thumbscrews, but going with the DVI to HDMI cable also avoids the problem of somebody ordering the wrong adapter. (If you have a DVI to HDMI adapter, you are also probably going to want to offer HDMI to DVI, and then you have an opportunity for somebody to order the wrong one).