I have the latest Macbook Pro and I'm having problems connecting it to a TV.

it looks like this.

15" Macbook Pro ---> Mini Display Port to DVI adapter ---> DVI to VGA adapter ---> VGA to VGA ---> VGA port on TV

And I have set the input on the TV to PC (the VGA input) but when I go to display preferences and click detect displays nothing happens. And the TV just says no signal. Whats going on? I even tried restarting! One thing that I must note is that there are 18 pins on the DVI to VGA adapter but 24 holes for pins on the Mini Display Port to DVI adapter. Shouldn't this work?
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Yeah, I think it's cause your video card is not powerful enough to run a display larger than the macbook pro, like, 1080p is out of the question, probably can't get any higher than a 720p

Yeah, told you video card was important.

NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics?
that cant be possible. never used a laptop that couldnt connect to a tv. even really crappy pc's.

well that has to be one of the worst integrated graphics chipsets, ever.

The desktop version is a shitty card from two generations ago. The mobile card is about equivalent to a 6150GT desktop card.

it should be able to connect to a tv though right?

Unlikely. You may be able to hook up a TV tuner card, and do shit like that.

I just somehow highly doubt this. I have never seen a mac owner unable to hook a mac up to a tv. my brother has an older mac then me and can do it.

Maybe your brother is smarter than you.


As in, he bought a tuner card.

nope. but his macbook pro has a dvi output. so he could skip a step. he just uses a dvi to vga adapter.

That could be the problem, you're using 40 adapters.

why could using adapters be a problem. does the quality actually go down when you use an adapter?

Yes.

its just a mini displayport to dvi adapter.

opsux

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then why does this work?



what is that? 10 adapters?

it doesn't, you're on youtube

Smaller TV. What's the resolution on your TV? Have you consulted with the company to see if it can actually be connected with the Macbook Pro? I have a TV by Curtis that won't connect to a Sony PS3, even though both have HDMI input/output > It's just not compatible.

true. let me try on another tv that has worked before.
and im not sure of the resolution cause i havent gotten it to work. but i know that it isnt apples fault. if anything it is the adapter or tv. i got this
http://www.amazon.com/Mini-DVI-DVI-D-Adapt...7075&sr=8-2
instead of getting it straight from apple cause then it costs 5X more.

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.

Well, based on experience. I couldn't connect my PC via integrated graphics (vga) to my TV, but after I got my 4850 I could, (via vga).

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.

how what? that post makes no sense.

You said, and I quote,

because you kept saying it was the GPU and i kept saying it wasnt.

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.

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?

it only has VGA. and tong of HDMI ports and usb type port.