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Bruce Thompson
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 Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: MacBook Pro to TV |
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Does anyone know if there is a way to connect a MacBook Pro directly to a non-digital TV (RCA video in)? On my Powerbook I had S-Video and an adapter cable that converted to a RCA jack. I could then just connect with a RCA to RCA to the video in on the TV. It made it simple to show movies to my mother-in-law, whose eyesight is not real good.
On the Macbook Pro there is the DVI video out but no S-Video. I have found a DVI to 3-RCA component cable but want to know if the Macbook Pro would support this type of output.
Or is there some other solution? 
Thanks for any help.
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4tun8
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Bruce Thompson
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I saw those items (I assume you are referencing the DVI-RCA adapter cables). But what I don't know is if my Macbook Pro video out supports component out. The cables come with the warning:
THIS CABLE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER'S DVI PORT TO THE COMPONENT INPUT ON YOUR HDTV unless your video card supports component out function through it's DVI port (please confirm with your video cards documentation before purchasing. Some require adapter, not this cable.)
I suppose I could order one, since they are so cheap.  I will have to work on this.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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rheck
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Bruce Thompson
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Ron,
Thanks much. I figured there would need to be some type of converter, but had not seen this before. It looks like the converter has all the necessary connections and cables. While the article references the mini-DVI and I have the standard DVI, I already have the DVI-VGA adapter, so all I would need is the converter.
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