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MBP To LCD TV Hookup?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1072838" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>There are extremely few TVs that even have an optical audio in. </p><p></p><p>I have yet to see a TV that has an optical in that works with the HDMI ports. So you would be guessing wrong.</p><p>There very well could be one, but there certainly hasn't been a single one of any of the TVs that our users here have asked for help that have had one.</p><p></p><p>And for the op, you wouldn't want that particular DVI-HDMI adapter either unless you already have a DVI cable that you want to use.</p><p></p><p>If you want a definitive answer as to your options for getting both video and sound to your TV from your MacBook, you will need to provide the information requested in the first post in the following thread:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/other-hardware-peripherals/193239-connecting-your-mac-your-tv.html" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/other-hardware-peripherals/193239-connecting-your-mac-your-tv.html</a></p><p></p><p>And I'm sorry zacharace, but if you want to help people get their Macs connected to their TV, you need to do a little more than throw out links to a web site you're representing that sells that stuff. Yeah, the owner of that site offered to give me a free cable to put up links there also.</p><p></p><p>And here's the same adapter for approx. 1/3 the price - <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2080&seq=1&format=2" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p></p><p>edit: The primary reason for no 'optical in' on TV sets is because none of them have 5.1 speakers inside them - the primary reason for using optical in lieu of RCA or a stereo mini-plug in most cases. It's also why many of them do have optical out, because they do have the capability of receiving broadcast 5.1 signals and then passing it to your 5.1 A/V receiver.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1072838, member: 24160"] There are extremely few TVs that even have an optical audio in. I have yet to see a TV that has an optical in that works with the HDMI ports. So you would be guessing wrong. There very well could be one, but there certainly hasn't been a single one of any of the TVs that our users here have asked for help that have had one. And for the op, you wouldn't want that particular DVI-HDMI adapter either unless you already have a DVI cable that you want to use. If you want a definitive answer as to your options for getting both video and sound to your TV from your MacBook, you will need to provide the information requested in the first post in the following thread: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/other-hardware-peripherals/193239-connecting-your-mac-your-tv.html[/url] And I'm sorry zacharace, but if you want to help people get their Macs connected to their TV, you need to do a little more than throw out links to a web site you're representing that sells that stuff. Yeah, the owner of that site offered to give me a free cable to put up links there also. And here's the same adapter for approx. 1/3 the price - [URL="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041902&p_id=2080&seq=1&format=2"]link[/URL]. edit: The primary reason for no 'optical in' on TV sets is because none of them have 5.1 speakers inside them - the primary reason for using optical in lieu of RCA or a stereo mini-plug in most cases. It's also why many of them do have optical out, because they do have the capability of receiving broadcast 5.1 signals and then passing it to your 5.1 A/V receiver. [/QUOTE]
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