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hooking up mbp to tv

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phibe1

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I have a TV whose back looks like the gif i have attached. I have an mini-dp to vga adaptor. I am trying to hook it up to the tv, what kind of cable should I use? I bought a VGA to DVI cable but that didnt fit into the white plug... So I am trying to see what other cable I should use? It needs to work for my mbp and for my dumb dell desktop too... I need one that is like 15 feet in order to work.

Thanks in advance !
 

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I'm pretty sure the top part is for computers. Have you tried doing that?

I heard the newer HDTV's have a HDMI cable that can connect to the mini dp already.
 
thinkinblue613 said:
I'm pretty sure the top part is for computers. Have you tried doing that?

I heard the newer HDTV's have a HDMI cable that can connect to the mini dp already.
Click to expand...

I tried a VGA to DVI cable and it wouldnt fit in that white plug. It had too many pins and the plug on the TV has a vertical portion? its confusing me

This TV doesnt have HDMI in, or it would have solved my problem...
 
You may need to get a MDP to DVI adapter and a regular DVI cable, and that looks like it's a DVI-D port.

@thinkinblue, those won't quite work for the user's computer

EDIT - I looked closer at the picture and I'm not exactly sure what sort of DVI port that is. You may want to check out the user manual for that
 
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hi phibe1
read the post above mine. Indeed, there are different types of DVI ports/cables.
Unfortunately, DVI cables are rarely labeled properly.
Wikipedia has some illustrations. some have a plus (+) sign looking set of pins at the left, while others have a minus (-) looking pin.
 
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