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What adapter(s) would I need for this?

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cameronfield

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So at my girlfriend's apartments they have this really nice movie theater with a huge projector, and luckily they have RCA inputs in the front.

So we've been using my xbox to watch movies up there, but it's a pain in the ASS to lug it all the way to the 'clubhouse' whenever we want to watch something!

Anyways, so I want to start using my 13" macbook pro to watch the movies since most of them are on there anyways. As of now I have the following adapters:

- mini displayport to HDMI
- mini displayport to DVI

What else do I need to get to RCA? I randomly found this, but it's only component? http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10235&cs_id=1023504&p_id=3869&seq=1&format=2

If so not bad for $3 :D.

If that wont work, what could I use? Seems like my only other option is HDMI > VGA > RCA (if that's even possible).
 
Yeah, just composite RCA.

I found an adapter that was VGA > RCA but it had 1/5 stars because people said you need a special video card + software for it to work.

Am I out of options here?!
 
The theater is extremely nice - I'm sure the projector has HDMI/Component/DVI, but they only have a wall plug thingy for composite RCA.

I guess I could try to stand on one of the chairs and see if the projector had HDMI/DVI...if it does then I'm set I guess and would just have to stand on the chair to connect it each time lol.
 
Ok good news! The projector DOES have HDMI input! The only problem would be the audio, I would either have to have it come out of my macbook's speakers or hope it carries through to the HDMI cable. I'd put my money on my macbook's speakers sound better than the projector's.

I'll bring my gear next time and see how it works :)
 
HDMI won't carry sound with a regular MDP to HDMI adapter.

You can get surround sound if you can tap into the speaker system with a Toslink cable. Your MBP should have optical audio out , and you can use a cable like this to connect that to a receiver with an optical input.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10229&cs_id=1022902&p_id=1558&seq=1&format=2

Alternatively, you can get a 3.5mm to RCA audio cable and connect it to the inputs on the wall and probably have better sound than either the laptop or projector speakers, assuming there is some kind of sound system and you can get it to take the audio from the RCA ports while the projector displays a picture from the HDMI port.
 
It has an actual DVD player that we can use, so I guess I could just burn the movies to get the best audio/video quality.

Thanks for the tips!
 
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