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<blockquote data-quote="subgenious" data-source="post: 818322" data-attributes="member: 91026"><p>Alright, I'm about ready to put this thing back in the box and get a refund... no reason getting a TV connected should be this hard. I confirmed that the VGA input on my set would support 1920x1080, so I went to the nearby Apple store and got a mini displayport -> VGA adapter. I come home and hook everything up and... nothing. The TV didn't recognize any input at all on the VGA port. The interesting thing is if I attach both the DVI to HDMI as well as the displayport to VGA cables from the mini to the TV (yes, silly I know but I was curious) the mini goes into dual display mode and sees both connections as active, however only the HDMI input on the TV sees any kind of signal at all.</p><p></p><p>Ah well, time for the next round. I went back to the apple store, returned the adapter and got a mini DVI to VGA plug instead. The stars aligned and I was successful in getting the screen fully filled with a 1920x1080 image! It doesn't look as good as the HDMI did, but for movies I can't really tell the difference, however text in a browser is very hard to read. On a whim I thought I'd simply lower the resolution for web browsing to a point I could read things and then bump it back up for media viewing. Big mistake! I tried a couple resolutions (sorry, don't remember which) to see what was best, and the third one I tried turned the screen black and killed the signal to the TV. I tried switching back to HDMI, rebooting, and monkeying around with the connection but nothing works. Now my mini doesn't send any recognizable signal to the TV... great.</p><p></p><p>Any advice whatsoever would be welcome. I don't have another display in the house to hook the thing to, but could probably get my hands on a monitor if necessary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="subgenious, post: 818322, member: 91026"] Alright, I'm about ready to put this thing back in the box and get a refund... no reason getting a TV connected should be this hard. I confirmed that the VGA input on my set would support 1920x1080, so I went to the nearby Apple store and got a mini displayport -> VGA adapter. I come home and hook everything up and... nothing. The TV didn't recognize any input at all on the VGA port. The interesting thing is if I attach both the DVI to HDMI as well as the displayport to VGA cables from the mini to the TV (yes, silly I know but I was curious) the mini goes into dual display mode and sees both connections as active, however only the HDMI input on the TV sees any kind of signal at all. Ah well, time for the next round. I went back to the apple store, returned the adapter and got a mini DVI to VGA plug instead. The stars aligned and I was successful in getting the screen fully filled with a 1920x1080 image! It doesn't look as good as the HDMI did, but for movies I can't really tell the difference, however text in a browser is very hard to read. On a whim I thought I'd simply lower the resolution for web browsing to a point I could read things and then bump it back up for media viewing. Big mistake! I tried a couple resolutions (sorry, don't remember which) to see what was best, and the third one I tried turned the screen black and killed the signal to the TV. I tried switching back to HDMI, rebooting, and monkeying around with the connection but nothing works. Now my mini doesn't send any recognizable signal to the TV... great. Any advice whatsoever would be welcome. I don't have another display in the house to hook the thing to, but could probably get my hands on a monitor if necessary. [/QUOTE]
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