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S Video and MBP

ohla313

ohla313

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what do you mean just about iphone? its about my MBP i took the pics with my iPhone, in kind of a hurry tho

So I need to buy TWO adapter plugs??? Damnnn my crappy Dell just needs the plug and its good..:confused:
 
ohla313 said:
what do you mean just about iphone? its about my MBP i took the pics with my iPhone, in kind of a hurry tho

So I need to buy TWO adapter plugs??? Damnnn my crappy Dell just needs the plug and its good..:confused:
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I'm only seeing:
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I need to change the above little bit. Apple's MDP to DVI is DVI-D so that doesn't work. You need MDP to VGA and VGA to S-Video
 
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Does your TV suppourt component or something better?

It might be better to got that route as s-video is like 576x478 or something?
 
ohla313 said:
I have a MBP 13 inch thats late 2009 unibody model. I have an S video cable and want to know how I can connect it to my MBP with which adapter so I can watch movies on my TV.

Here are the cables I Have, the top goes to the TV, the bottom two are for the computer: http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/modernage013/iphone3gs-hub-new-1.jpg

and here are the ports on my MBP: http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg175/modernage013/iphone3gs-hub-new-1.jpg

thanks!
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The only way to get svideo to a TV from a newer MBP is to use the Mini displayport to VGA adapter plug it into a scan converter to convert it to a NTSC/PAL type of signal. What kind of tv are you plugging into? Many modern laptops don't bother with Svideo or composite inputs anymore because the only new tv's you can buy are digital.
 
^^^ This.

Before you go buying the Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter, and then the DVI to S-Video adapter, you should know that they will not work with each other.

take a look at the physical connectors for each:

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The miniDisplayPort to DVI adapter outputs DVI-D only. In short, this means only a digital signal is sent out. The DVI-to-S-Video adapter required a DVI-I output (the I is for "Integrated") which can output either digital or analog. DVI-I has those extra prongs (2 each above and below the flat connector) that the displayport adapter doesn't have, and which sends out the analog signal. So they won't physically connect, and they will not work.

Use the recommendation above. Or, get a new TV.
 
wow so according to the article, I need FOUR different things to connect my MBP to a TV? whoa...yea maybe I'll just stop using the old TV, I thought I could but I can just use a newer one. Thanks everyone!
 
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