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mini dvi for macbook

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mhuk01

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i want to get an adaptor to connect my macbook to a vga monitor.

However in the future i will be getting a monitor with dvi input. Am I able to get the apple mini dvi to dvi and also a dvi to vga adaptor? Would this work?
 
mhuk01 said:
i want to get an adaptor to connect my macbook to a vga monitor.

However in the future i will be getting a monitor with dvi input. Am I able to get the apple mini dvi to dvi and also a dvi to vga adaptor? Would this work?
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Apple has two separate adapters for the Macbook.

mini-DVI to DVI
mini-DVI to VGA

Both cost US$20. I don't believe that the mini-DVI to DVI combined with a DVI to VGA adapter would work. The mini-DVI to DVI adapter is DVI-D only, meaning that an analog signal is not passed through.

ft
 
ftaok said:
Apple has two separate adapters for the Macbook.

mini-DVI to DVI
mini-DVI to VGA

Both cost US$20. I don't believe that the mini-DVI to DVI combined with a DVI to VGA adapter would work. The mini-DVI to DVI adapter is DVI-D only, meaning that an analog signal is not passed through.

ft
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It should work if the DVI>VGA adapter he would use has a male DVI plug on it. I think that the adapter from Apple is a female DVI.
 
Warbrain said:
It should work if the DVI>VGA adapter he would use has a male DVI plug on it. I think that the adapter from Apple is a female DVI.
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I really don't think it'll work. The mini-DVI to DVI plug from Apple is DVI-D, meaning it's digital only. You could physically plug it in, but nothing would show up since you can't pass digital through a VGA connection.

Apple would need to make a mini-DVI to DVI plug that was DVI-A or DVI-I. In either case, Apple does make a mini-DVI to VGA adapter that would work.

ft
 
ftaok said:
I really don't think it'll work. The mini-DVI to DVI plug from Apple is DVI-D, meaning it's digital only. You could physically plug it in, but nothing would show up since you can't pass digital through a VGA connection.
ft
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Actually, you can't even plug in the DVI-VGA adapter to the Mac MiniDVI-DVI adapter because there are no holes in the Mac adapter for the analog pins on the DVI-VGA adapter (they're the 4 pins off to one side with the wide flat pin in the middle of them). I've tried it, and ended up getting the MiniDVI-VGA adapter.

Bummer...
 
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