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<blockquote data-quote="jtchil0" data-source="post: 1356190" data-attributes="member: 233505">Samsung LN-S3241D with 2011 MBAHello bobtomay,I'm trying to get my brand new MBAir (mid 2011 model), which comes with the thunderbolt to VGA connector, to connect to my Samsung LN-S3241D 32&quot; TV.I bought a 9ft combined VGA+stereo jack cable to connect them. If I use this cable the TV doesn't detect the computer so it doesn't let me select the VGA source.I have another VGA cable which is from a standard computer monitor that I have been using for a while. When I use this cable everything works beautifully. The computer correctly identifies the TV with proper settings and the TV recognizes the computer.After using this standard VGA cable (4-5ft long) to get the TV on the VGA source, I swap it with the other VGA cable(9ft long), and I do see the picture on the TV from the computer, but the computer does not correctly detect the TV (and the TV returns to not detecting the computer). The computer gives me some generic resolutions to choose from, but not the custom resolution (1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz) given in the TV manual.I was wondering if you knew of some cable length limit? Perhaps the cable is too long for these EDID signals? Otherwise, I guess the EDID lines of the VGA cable are damaged somehow...Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jtchil0, post: 1356190, member: 233505"] [b]Samsung LN-S3241D with 2011 MBA[/b] Hello bobtomay, I'm trying to get my brand new MBAir (mid 2011 model), which comes with the thunderbolt to VGA connector, to connect to my Samsung LN-S3241D 32" TV. I bought a 9ft combined VGA+stereo jack cable to connect them. If I use this cable the TV doesn't detect the computer so it doesn't let me select the VGA source. I have another VGA cable which is from a standard computer monitor that I have been using for a while. When I use this cable everything works beautifully. The computer correctly identifies the TV with proper settings and the TV recognizes the computer. After using this standard VGA cable (4-5ft long) to get the TV on the VGA source, I swap it with the other VGA cable(9ft long), and I do see the picture on the TV from the computer, but the computer does not correctly detect the TV (and the TV returns to not detecting the computer). The computer gives me some generic resolutions to choose from, but not the custom resolution (1360 x 768 @ 60 Hz) given in the TV manual. I was wondering if you knew of some cable length limit? Perhaps the cable is too long for these EDID signals? Otherwise, I guess the EDID lines of the VGA cable are damaged somehow... Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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