How to connect another monitor to my year old Mac Mini?

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How to connect another monitor to my year old Mac Mini?

Hello.

My Mac Mini seems to have only two display outputs (HDMI and Thunderbolt). I currently use an Acer X223W widescreen monitor with its DVI to Apple's HDMI adapter which work fine, but how do I add a very old Philip's Brilliance 200P monitor (VGA and DVI only) to this Mac Mini? Do I need a Thunderbolt adapter? Is there a splitter? I do not want to buy a newer monitor since my old ones are fine.

Thank you in advance. 🙂

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Mid 2012,4 GB of RAM,Intel Core i5

Posted on Apr 2, 2013 12:50 PM

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BDAqua

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Apr 2, 2013 7:01 PM in response to antdude

Hi,

One option...

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU2DVIA/

A splitter might work, if you just want to Mirror the 2 displays to it... no extended desktop. 🙂

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antdude Author

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Apr 2, 2013 7:06 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua wrote:

Hi,

One option...

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU2DVIA/

A splitter might work, if you just want to Mirror the 2 displays to it... no extended desktop. 🙂

Thanks. Not mirror, but extend and watch videos fullscreen on one. Ah, so I have to buy an addon. I wonder why Mac Mini give us another oldre (not Thunderbolt -- shouldn't adapters exist for this one?) video output.

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