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New 2012 MacBook Pro Hook up to HD TV

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cshel24

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Apr 10, 2012
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This may be a really dumb question... but I figure it is better to ask and appear a fool than do something foolish and remove all doubt.

I have a newest generation MacBook Pro and I would like to hook it up to my HDTV via HDMI cable. I looked on Amazon and saw that they had an adapter in the $6-range and it said about how it works with all these MacBook Pros....but I have one of the new ones.

the ad says

2.Features:

1) Mini DisplayPort 1.1a input and HDMI 1.3b output.
2) HDMI highest video resolution 1080p.
3) HDMI225 MHz / 2.25 Gbps per channel (6.75Gbps all channel) bandwidth.
4) HDMI 12 bit per channel (36 bit all channel) deep color.
5) Uncompressed audio such as LPCM.
6) Compressed audio such as DTS Digital, Dolby Digital .(include: DTS-HD and Dolby True HD
7.)Powered by Mini DisplayPort source
8.)Connectors: Mini DisplayPort Male to HDMI Female

Says in the ad I need a "mini display port".
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I am not sure what kind of ports my 2012 has, looking at it it has something with a little lightening bolt and another one that looks kind of the letter Y next to it...which my old 09 MacBook also has.

What kind of adapter do I need to get this to work? I know it is sad that I do not know the names of my ports. If I was sure it wouldn't violate the TOS of the site I would just post a link to the Amazon ad.
 
cshel24 said:
If I was sure it wouldn't violate the TOS of the site I would just post a link to the Amazon ad.
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The ad isn't what we need. We need to know which MBP you have. If it's retina then you already have an HDMI port. If not, you'll need a Thunderbolt/MDP adapter.
 
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