Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter Question

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Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter Question

I want to hook up my macbook (late 2008 model) to my tv. Will the Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter
work? If it will work on my tv then what else do I need to get? It looks like you need other wires to hook up to your tv? Thanks in advance for your help!

Aluminum Macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Mar 8, 2009 5:05 PM

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Waymen

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Mar 8, 2009 8:54 PM in response to basketball762

The new MacBooks that use the NVIDIA 9400M video chip do _not_ support output to analog TVs. Thus, with the current MacBooks the only way to get output to an analog TV is with a third-party VGA-to-analog TV converter box -- you can't just use one of Apple's cables (although you'll need the mini display port to VGA adapter cable to connect to a third-party VGA-to-TV converter box).

More specifically, you can _not_ use one of Apple's $19, DVI to Video (composite/S-Video) adapters on the new MacBooks.

See also this discussion:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1927674&tstart=15

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