I bought my macbook unibody in April 2009 and recently decided that i wanted to hook it up to my old CRT television i have in my room to watch movies etc
I bought a mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor and then a VGA -> S-video or RCA cable. After connecting it to my tv from my laptop i couldn't get it to display the picture - it was a black screen that was slightly fuzzy and i could hear it trying to mirror the image from the macbook - so i fiddled with all the resolutions and refresh rates but nothing worked.
Now... i have done a bit of research and some people have said that the mini DisplayPort is digital and therefore trying to connect it to my crt tv is not possible no matter how many cables you buy because it is analog. Others have said that it is possible but didn't actually give a solution.
The only solution i could come across was to buy a convertor box that allows you to connect the mini DisplayPort -> VGA then VGA -> VGA then VGA -> convertor box and finally convertor box -> Crt Tv but that seems like a **** of a lot of trouble.
Is there not a way to do this WITHOUT a convertor box and obviously without buying a new TV?
Thanks in advance
I bought a mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor and then a VGA -> S-video or RCA cable. After connecting it to my tv from my laptop i couldn't get it to display the picture - it was a black screen that was slightly fuzzy and i could hear it trying to mirror the image from the macbook - so i fiddled with all the resolutions and refresh rates but nothing worked.
Now... i have done a bit of research and some people have said that the mini DisplayPort is digital and therefore trying to connect it to my crt tv is not possible no matter how many cables you buy because it is analog. Others have said that it is possible but didn't actually give a solution.
The only solution i could come across was to buy a convertor box that allows you to connect the mini DisplayPort -> VGA then VGA -> VGA then VGA -> convertor box and finally convertor box -> Crt Tv but that seems like a **** of a lot of trouble.
Is there not a way to do this WITHOUT a convertor box and obviously without buying a new TV?
Thanks in advance