Hi guys, i've heard tips on how to connect a macbook to a HDTV but is it the same or different for an SDTV? Like do i have to buy different cables? I just want to watch movies from my macbook on my television.
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How To Connect Macbook to SDTV
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It depends on the inputs your SD TV has.
Most likely it has Composite (the yellow RCA plug, although red and white/black can also be used),
so you can get an adapter for your MacBook.
The white models up to 2009 had Mini DVI and the Unibody and newer white models have Mini Display Port as video output.
For Mini DVI: http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTA4NDU1MTE
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Mini DisplayPort adapters do not exist for the older component video, S-Video, or composite video connectors. Connectivity can be achieved by converting the Mini DP digital signal, to VGA,[14] an analog signal, and then from VGA to the appropriate signal type.
It depends on the inputs your SD TV has.
Most likely it has Composite (the yellow RCA plug, although red and white/black can also be used),
so you can get an adapter for your MacBook.
The white models up to 2009 had Mini DVI and the Unibody and newer white models have Mini Display Port as video output.
For Mini DVI: http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTA4NDU1MTE
Wiki
Mini DisplayPort adapters do not exist for the older component video, S-Video, or composite video connectors. Connectivity can be achieved by converting the Mini DP digital signal, to VGA,[14] an analog signal, and then from VGA to the appropriate signal type.
Yeah my tv supports only composite cables so i would have to get one of those and the Mini-DVI to video adapter? I have the summer 2009 macbook.