MBP April 2007 - DVI to analogue input projector

You may want to check a few more places, but according to MacTracker - based upon the CPU you have, you actually have a pre 2007 version MBP (they came out with a model mid/late 2007 - the official "2007" MBP was either a 2.2 or 2.4 GHz, there was no 2.33 GHz option available) and what is at the DVI -

Connection: 1 - Dual-link DVI (VGA, Composite and S-video with adapter)

which is also confirmed here:

17" MacBook Pro (Core 2) (if you have the 17" model)

or:

15" MacBook Pro (Core 2) (if you have teh 15" model)

I have the same model 15" which was sold all the way up to June of '07. (It's called a late '06 model.)

MacBook Pro models with a DVI port, it is indeed a DVI-I.

Apple's DVI to video adapter will work. If you have any option other than S-Video or composite, I would encourage you to use it though. Picture might be acceptable for some video, but not much else.

Thanks fellahs

So it sounds like I have VGA, S-VHS & composite available at my DVI-I socket.

Can I use the Mac-supplied 'DVI to VGA' adaptor, and connect that adaptor to a 'VGA to component' cable, direct to the component input on my projector?

Sorry, I read right past the part about the component input.

While I have not tried it, I'd say with about a 99.9% certainty, no.

While both VGA and component are analog, they are two different signals.
VGA is RGB
Component is YPrPb
I'm not going to go into the technical differences here. You can probably find plenty with google or the wiki.


Suffice it to say, that unless a computer video card is capable of passing Y Pr Pb signals through it's VGA or DVI port, one of those adapters or cables will not work.

There could be more, but the only cards I'm aware of off hand that supported this were a couple of the ATI All-in-Wonder cards from a few years back and maybe the regular Radeon 9500/9800 cards. I'd have to go back and research to know for sure.

To get to component from your Mac, I'm afraid it's gonna cost ya between $150-$200 for a VGA to component converter.

Am sure there are plenty of $2-5 adapters/cables on Amazon. Grab one if you want. When it doesn't work you won't be out much.