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Hi guys,
I have a 15" Intel Macbook Pro which was stolen and recovered with a damaged case and screen. It still runs fine.
I'm thinking of teaming it with an external hard drive and an EyeTV and using it as my main video and audio source. I am using an old analog TV right now so all I'll be doing is using the PAL DVI to Video adapter and an analog audio connection.
My question is, when I upgrade later this year to a widescreen TV I want to get digital video and surround audio out of the MBP and into my new TV and sound system. From what I read this will need to be via a DVI to HDMI cable for video only (the MBP doesn't output audio through its DVI port I'm told) plus a Toslink optical audio cable with 3.5mm jack adapter. The tricky part is that when you plug a HDMI cable into a widescreen TV it expects to get both video and audio, so usually you can't connect the optical audio cable as it isn't recognised as a companion input.
Am I going to have to buy an A/V receiver to overcome this? If so, has anyone done it? Any recommendations based on experience are most welcome!!
Ken.
I have a 15" Intel Macbook Pro which was stolen and recovered with a damaged case and screen. It still runs fine.
I'm thinking of teaming it with an external hard drive and an EyeTV and using it as my main video and audio source. I am using an old analog TV right now so all I'll be doing is using the PAL DVI to Video adapter and an analog audio connection.
My question is, when I upgrade later this year to a widescreen TV I want to get digital video and surround audio out of the MBP and into my new TV and sound system. From what I read this will need to be via a DVI to HDMI cable for video only (the MBP doesn't output audio through its DVI port I'm told) plus a Toslink optical audio cable with 3.5mm jack adapter. The tricky part is that when you plug a HDMI cable into a widescreen TV it expects to get both video and audio, so usually you can't connect the optical audio cable as it isn't recognised as a companion input.
Am I going to have to buy an A/V receiver to overcome this? If so, has anyone done it? Any recommendations based on experience are most welcome!!
Ken.