does anyone know if this will work with the 2006 white intel imacs? i have a 24" one with mini dvi input and would love to use this for a ps3.
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MWSF 2010 Mac: Tales of Monkey Island, iPlayback, Wireless USB Audio/Video
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does anyone know if this will work with the 2006 white intel imacs? i have a 24" one with mini dvi input and would love to use this for a ps3.
No. It will not for 2 reasons.
This requires Mini DisplayPort.
iMacs with Mini DVI never supported input.
Both Tales of Monkey and Sam And Max played correctly on my Parallels 5.0, from the beginning to the end...
Now that it's been a year and a half since Apple put MiniDisplay Ports on every one of their computers, how come there still aren't ANY devices that use MiniDisplay Port? They just can't put HDMI in there, nooo, that would be lame, it's industry standard and everyone already uses it, plus it also has audio, we don't need that! Instead, people should buy adapters for hundreds of dollars to convert their MiniDisplay Port into HDMI.
Nice shiny Apple Aluminum products... The Apple smelters work night n day....
Hey Aren't aluminum smelters one of the worst / highest energy consumption factories in the world??? That's not so environmentally smart?
But sure feels nice holding a MacBook or iPad made of the stuff!
Hey Aren't aluminum smelters one of the worst / highest energy consumption factories in the world??? That's not so environmentally smart?
But sure feels nice holding a MacBook or iPad made of the stuff!
This doesn't help people like me who want to play thier Wii on their 27" iMac, does it? If I understand correctly??
And your point is? How much do you think it costs them to make this HDMI to mini display port in factories in China? $5? $7?
It's wrong to have a 2,000%+ profit margin simply because you know you have no competition!
Still highway robbery as far as I'm concerned!
It's wrong to have a 2,000%+ profit margin simply because you know you have no competition!
Still highway robbery as far as I'm concerned!
It's good to see some Mac hardware for once even if it's not from Apple.
Wireless video and the HDMI to Mini-Display Port are very welcome additions to the ecosystem.
Wireless video and the HDMI to Mini-Display Port are very welcome additions to the ecosystem.
suspect the answer is no but...
with the Wisair wireless USB, could you
a) connect one part of the pair to an HDTV (USB to HDMI)
b) connect the other part to the USB port on an Airport Extreme Base Station (USB to USB)
and thereby enable any mac on your home network to send audio/video/whatever to the large screen?
Like I said, I suspect the AEBS is hobbled somehow not to let this work, but would appreciate if someone more technical than me could confirm.
thanks!
with the Wisair wireless USB, could you
a) connect one part of the pair to an HDTV (USB to HDMI)
b) connect the other part to the USB port on an Airport Extreme Base Station (USB to USB)
and thereby enable any mac on your home network to send audio/video/whatever to the large screen?
Like I said, I suspect the AEBS is hobbled somehow not to let this work, but would appreciate if someone more technical than me could confirm.
thanks!
I'm sure that wouldn't work. It requires Mac-specific drivers to run the USB dongle to transmit the video, so putting it onto an Airport Extreme Base station wouldn't work.
It's not like this is live-saving medicine. It's not "wrong". If the profit margins really are that high (which they are certainly not), then another company will come in and sell one for less. But there's probably a reason there is no other competition (technical or legal hurdles which drive up the cost).
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Monkey vs. Bioshock
Personally, I'd rather play a Monkey Island game. I played a bit of Bioshock 2 last night, but I've been much more for adventure games than for action games. Adventure games are more my cup of tea...as long as the tea isn't served in a porcelain cup.
Personally, I'd rather play a Monkey Island game. I played a bit of Bioshock 2 last night, but I've been much more for adventure games than for action games. Adventure games are more my cup of tea...as long as the tea isn't served in a porcelain cup.
"Everybody is going the Pseudo Genre, Action-Adventure." - Some Random Gamer Magazine Typically, when the pigeon in a whole clan dub a game a genre ignore the first word/s.
The last game the quenched my adventuresque story thirst was Folklore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folklore_(video_game)
This can't be a simple adapter like you are assuming. In order to display any PS3/Blu-ray output you have to have HDCP support which the Apple monitors do not have and this device must be providing.
Well why don't you launch your own company, sign a contract with a manufacturer in China.. send them your design, etc - and come up with the same thing that you can sell for $30? You have an immediate and a massive customer base right here, on these forums.
Something tells me that after you go through all the trouble of doing the above, you won't sell it for less than $100/cable - guaranteed.
It's supply and demand. No one else makes it, they do. Want that ability? Then buy it. If you're so enraged over the price, then vote with your wallet.
I for one am now really wanting a 27" iMac to go with my PS3. That'd be so nice in my office.
