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Mbp to TV not being recognized.
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post Oct 22 2009, 10:22 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 22 2009, 10:10 PM) *
While everyone else is distracted by their wanking over their superior computer knowledge and better graphics cards, I'm going to let you know that you absolutely can connect a MacBook Pro to a TV without a problem. I know this not because I've read about it somewhere on the Internet, but because my former roommate had one of the last iterations of the aluminum MacBooks, which is basically the same thing as a MacBook Pro, and we connected it to his TV all the time without any problems, to watch movies and such. The problem is elsewhere in your setup, either with the adapters or some setting on your TV, because the MacBook Pro won't have any trouble displaying on your TV.

you fools just got told.
lol.

so do you have any idea what it might be?
did your roomates mac have a dvi output? it sure would be easier if there was just one cord.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 10:23 PM
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QUOTE(jcp @ Oct 22 2009, 11:22 PM) *
you fools just got told.
lol.

so do you have any idea what it might be?
did your roomates mac have a dvi output? it sure would be easier if there was just one cord.

lol, how? His friend's macbook is not the same as your macbook pro.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 10:25 PM
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QUOTE(tcunningham @ Oct 22 2009, 10:23 PM) *
lol, how? His friend's macbook is not the same as your macbook pro.

how what? that post makes no sense.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 10:27 PM
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QUOTE(jcp @ Oct 22 2009, 11:25 PM) *
how what? that post makes no sense.

You said, and I quote,
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you fools just got told.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 10:28 PM
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because you kept saying it was the GPU and i kept saying it wasnt.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 11:18 PM
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QUOTE(jcp @ Oct 22 2009, 11:22 PM) *
did your roomates mac have a dvi output? it sure would be easier if there was just one cord.


I think he used DVI. Either that or VGA. Definitely not S-video or anything like that, because he was able to output at full resolution to the TV. Are you mirroring or extending desktop?

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lol, how? His friend's macbook is not the same as your macbook pro.


In terms of graphics capabilities, it's essentially the same. Same software, same chipset and all that.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 11:25 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 22 2009, 11:18 PM) *
I think he used DVI. Either that or VGA. Definitely not S-video or anything like that, because he was able to output at full resolution to the TV. Are you mirroring or extending desktop?
In terms of graphics capabilities, it's essentially the same. Same software, same chipset and all that.

anything at this point. cause right now nothing is showing up.
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 11:29 PM
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QUOTE(jcp @ Oct 23 2009, 12:25 AM) *
anything at this point. cause right now nothing is showing up.

Well, you should be mirroring (if you're not). Does your TV have a DVI input you could use, or do you have to use VGA?
 
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post Oct 22 2009, 11:40 PM
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it only has VGA. and tong of HDMI ports and usb type port.
 

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