Macbook Pro - Cinema Display

[okstad]

Hi!

Before driving 30 min to test this out, i'll ask you guys 🙂

Will this chain work?

Apple Macbook Pro -> minidisplayport to HDMI -> HDMI cable -> HDMI to DVI -> DVI to Cinemadisplay

Thank you for helping out!!

-E

 

[negatv1]

Why not mini-displayport from your Macbook Pro directly to Cinema Display? (Assuming current model, which has only mini-displayport)

 

[chrismacguy]

Hi!

Before driving 30 min to test this out, i'll ask you guys 🙂

Will this chain work?

Apple Macbook Pro -> minidisplayport to HDMI -> HDMI cable -> HDMI to DVI -> DVI to Cinemadisplay

Thank you for helping out!!

-E

It should work, however Id be worried it wouldn't get the full resolution from the Cinema (Depending if its a 20/23/30, which were the DVI based Cinema Displays, and NOT the rare 22" DVI-D one from 1999 (It was acryllic, not silver and generally forgotten). A MiniDisplayPort to DVI straight conversion would be a lot easier, and if its a 30" You'd need MDP -> Dual-Link DVI to get the full res, if its lower, it *should* work okay I think.

 

[peskaa]

No it won't work.

HDMI supports 1920x1080. Cinema displays are 1920x1200 resolution, and if you try to input a non-supported resolution they just go black.

Just go MDP to DVI.



EDIT for clarity. HDMI can support 1920x1200, but frequently strips out EDID information and so forth, causing problems with long display chains like this one.