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Do any of guys need to know what one needs to connect a macbook to a hdtv. My hdtv (philips 42") does allow computers to be hooked into it. After a lot of reading on the internet its really confusing me.... this is prob a stupid ques can someone help angelo
 
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well, there are many different ways to do this...first off if you tv has an VGA port then its easy. just buy the mini-dvi to vga cord from apple and then plug it in. If the tv doesn't have an VGA port but has hdmi, you will need to purchase a mini-dvi to dvi cable from apple then get a dvi to hdmi convertor and plug the hdmi into the port on the tv and then into the computer. Another option is if the tv has an s-video port buy the mini-dvi to s-video convertor from apple and then just plug the svideo cord into the tv from the convertor on the computer. those are some of your options ...i hope they helped.
 
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Evermore,

As far as s-video option is concerned, why do we need to go from DVI port?
I hope macBook will have a s-video out port which can be connected to s-video or composite port on TV using the corrsponding cable.

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Raju
 
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For video out MacBook only has mini DVI port.
Then have cables (sold separately) from mini to DVI, VGA or composite / s-video.

Raju, since I saw another of your posts and you are looking at the MacBook Pro, it has DVI out and includes DVI to VGA cable. Any other cables are available separately.

Also, this is standard even among PC's. Typically there are only VGA and/or DVI out on a computer, unless you are buying one with Windows Media Center edition and/or an included TV tuner.
 

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