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<blockquote data-quote="eloisa" data-source="post: 1017081" data-attributes="member: 147384"><p><strong>Mini DisplayPort to TV/Projector</strong></p><p></p><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I've been trawling the net trying (unsuccessfully) to make some sense of the million and one different types of ports, connectors and cables I can use to output picture/video and sound from a MacBook with mini displayport. I'm looking for advice about how to connect the laptop to - </p><p></p><p>(a) My rubbish old tv, the only inputs are scart and RCA (red/white/yellow plugs)</p><p></p><p>(b) My roommate's fancy flatscreen (There's an HDMI input)</p><p></p><p>(c) A projector. I'm not sure what the most common projector input is, nor am I buying this with a specific projector in mind. I present at conferences and am fed up of having to transfer over to a pc! What kind of cable/adaptor should I buy so that there's a pretty good chance it works with a generic projector? (sorry to be vague here, this is more of a 'just in case' purchase!)</p><p></p><p>So, the challenge is to enable connections from a MacBook (late 2008, aluminum unibody, mini display port) to all the above (not at the same time of course!) at the lowest possible cost and/or least number of cables. Can anyone help me choose which cables I should buy?</p><p></p><p>Thanks <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eloisa, post: 1017081, member: 147384"] [b]Mini DisplayPort to TV/Projector[/b] Hi, I've been trawling the net trying (unsuccessfully) to make some sense of the million and one different types of ports, connectors and cables I can use to output picture/video and sound from a MacBook with mini displayport. I'm looking for advice about how to connect the laptop to - (a) My rubbish old tv, the only inputs are scart and RCA (red/white/yellow plugs) (b) My roommate's fancy flatscreen (There's an HDMI input) (c) A projector. I'm not sure what the most common projector input is, nor am I buying this with a specific projector in mind. I present at conferences and am fed up of having to transfer over to a pc! What kind of cable/adaptor should I buy so that there's a pretty good chance it works with a generic projector? (sorry to be vague here, this is more of a 'just in case' purchase!) So, the challenge is to enable connections from a MacBook (late 2008, aluminum unibody, mini display port) to all the above (not at the same time of course!) at the lowest possible cost and/or least number of cables. Can anyone help me choose which cables I should buy? Thanks :-) [/QUOTE]
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