Does the 9400 support high resolution?

[Customhobo]

Hey guys.

I recently bought a new 13" MBP, and I also have bought a 50" Samsung LCD TV.

It would be crazy epic if I could hook up the 13" to the 50" to play movies off etc.

I currently have a Mini Display>VGA, and the VGA hooked up to the TV, however, the maximum resolution I can set it to is 1600x1200 (Which looks kinda bad)

I would really like to get 1080p on this badboy.

My question, does the 9400 support 1080p? Or do I just need a VGA>HDMI adapter?

Thanks in advance.

 

[emt1]

You need to use DVI or a DVI-HDMI adapter for max resolution. VGA sucks.

 

[dukebound85]

my gma950 can drive a 1280 x 800 AND a 1680 x 1050 monitor no problem at the same time

You need to use DVI or a DVI-HDMI adapter for max resolution. VGA sucks.

uh nope

vga can handle 1080 just fine...

 

[DeusInvictus7]

I run 1920x1200 from my MacBook to my monitor, but I use a DVI adapter. You're going to need to use a DVI adapter to do the same for a TV.

VGA CAN handle 1080p resolution, it's just whether the TV will allow it to, which most don't. They reserve 1080p for HDMI or DVI.

 

[Customhobo]

Well, ive seen a vga>hdmi in action on this very TV at 1080p, so im 100% sure the vga can handle it.

It was just usuing a 15" MBP so I thought the 9400 might be the issue.

 

[Chundles]

The 9400M can support a 30" Monitor at 2560x1600 using the dual-link adapter. 1920x1200 using the DVI and I'm not sure what the res on the VGA adapter is.

 

[blazezaku]

just buy a miniDP>hdmi

 

[swingerofbirch]

I use my unibody MacBook with my 40" 1080p TV and it looks great in 1920x1080 resolution. Just connect via mini-displayport to hdmi. Oh, and use it in clamshell mode to get the dimensions right if you're mirroring (otherwise on mine I get vertical black bars).

Monoprice has the mini-display port to hdmi adapter very reasonably priced.

 

[Shake 'n' Bake]

I ran my Mac mini (mid-'07, 2 GHz) on my 52'' Sony for a few days at 1920x1080 without problem through VGA.

 

[Customhobo]

I use my unibody MacBook with my 40" 1080p TV and it looks great in 1920x1080 resolution. Just connect via mini-displayport to hdmi. Oh, and use it in clamshell mode to get the dimensions right if you're mirroring (otherwise on mine I get vertical black bars).

Monoprice has the mini-display port to hdmi adapter very reasonably priced.

Question:

The monoprice mini-display to hdmi using MBP 13".. Will that also output audio?

 

[DeusInvictus7]

Question:

The monoprice mini-display to hdmi using MBP 13".. Will that also output audio?

No.

 

[panzer06]

No.

The adapters support audio, the Mac does not send it.

Cheers,

 

[DeusInvictus7]

The adapters support audio, the Mac does not send it.

Cheers,

Yes. lol That would be amazing if Apple did enable it though. It's definitely inconvenient to have two cables when one is perfectly capable of doing it.

 

[panzer06]

Yes. lol That would be amazing if Apple did enable it though. It's definitely inconvenient to have two cables when one is perfectly capable of doing it.

No kidding, I even tried to see if it was OS X and not the hardware. Under Vista in bootcamp the nvidia software recognizes the connection as HDMI and offers digital audio as an option but no sound is passed through. I find it appalling they would not implement such a simple thing when every PC costing hundreds less offers this functionality.

I must say this is bad form, even for Apple!

Cheers,