Macbook pro to hp monitor with hdmi issues

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Macbook pro to hp monitor with hdmi issues

I am trying to hook my 2011 macbook pro up to my widescreen hp monitor with a mini dp to hdmi adapter. I have used the same screen an hdmi adapter adapter on my imac for years and has worked beautifully, but with the macbook pro the screen is noticably blurry. I do not know what is the issue. My only guess might be the cheap adapter I purchased on amazon. Also why can't I put the dock on the monitor even if I changed the menu bar to appear on the hp? Help please

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Aug 10, 2011 2:35 PM

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Sonicray

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Aug 10, 2011 4:24 PM in response to Sundanc3

You can "Mirror" the displays...in sys. prefs.> "Displays" >"Arrangement". That will get you the dock on the other screen

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Aug 10, 2011 7:26 PM in response to Sonicray

That messes up the screen resolution even more. Does anybody have any suggestions about the blurry monitor

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Sonicray

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Aug 11, 2011 8:28 AM in response to Sundanc3

What HP monitor do you have and what MBP model?

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Aug 11, 2011 9:25 AM in response to Sonicray

It is a 13in core i5 macbook and the monitor is a hp 2159m 21.5 inches

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Sonicray

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Aug 11, 2011 4:36 PM in response to Sundanc3

About the blur all I can think of is that maybe the MBP is outputting 720p and your monitor wants 1080p. I know that the MBP will switch between 720 and 1080 depending on what it detects (under theory) Have you tried any other adapters? (MDP > HDMI)

According to Apple you have to use an adapter which: "conform to the VESA v1.1a DisplayPort Interoperability Guidelines" (for the new macs)

More here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4241

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Aug 11, 2011 8:58 PM in response to Sonicray

Thank you for your help. I think it is just the cheap adapter i bought on amazon. Unfortunately it looks as if I have to spluge on the 30 dollar moshi one.

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Sonicray

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Aug 12, 2011 1:56 AM in response to Sundanc3

By the way, Moshi has a great tutorial on how to make the video and audio work with their HDMI adapter on a mac... If you run into problems you might want to take a look at it...

http://store.moshimonde.com/faq-minidisplayport-to-hdmi

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JJ Flow

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Feb 5, 2012 10:36 AM in response to Sundanc3

I have a problem of trying to get the "Arrangement" tab to appear so that I can turn on the monitor mirroring: there is no option for arrangements in my displays preferences. Can anyone tell me how to reveal arrangement in displays? it just says that I do not have more than one display and therefore arrangement is hidden?

I get this same error message even with the HDMi convertor Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter plugged in. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!

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Apr 27, 2012 9:27 AM in response to Sundanc3

I've tested my HP 2159m with a MacBook Pro with OS X Lion. I have a cheapo Displayport to HDMI converter. What I found is that if I connect with an HDMI cable the HP monitor and OS X cannot achieve the monitor native resolution of 1920x1080. It doesn't even have the option of 1920x1080. But if I use an HDMI to to DVI cable OS X auto detects the resolution and magically switches to 1920x1080 and everything works well. Now if only I could get rid of the buzzing noise... I know its the laptop b/c with other HP laptops the buzzing noise doesn't occur...

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