On a different note, another thing I really wish the Mac mini did have, and that I would definitely use if it were available, is an s-video out port. I currently have a 400 MHz iMac G3 DV slot-loader that I use for a music box hooked up to my stereo - it's a great stereo component. I really wanted to use it for video too, but I bought a VGA-to-Video adapter and found the picture quality to be truly horrendous - nothing at all like I see from the s-video port on my PowerBook. That VGA-to-Video box was a waste of money and I gave up on that idea, but still would like to have this capability (also for playing MacMAME on the TV!) If the Mac mini had s-video out I'd definitely buy one. Then you could in theory even just plug it into the TV, no computer monitor at all, and use it as a set top box of sorts - it would fit right on top of the TV! Alas, there's no s-video out. End of story, I guess, unless there is some way to get good quality s-video out of the DVI port. ???
I think it is not lost on Apple that people would want S-video output. Right on the Mac mini's main page, you will find the following text: "Show off your latest pictures, movies and music on your kitchen TV with the S-Video/composite video adapter." That text is accompanied by a link to http://www.apple.com/macmini/graphics.html, which contains the following text: "The optional Composite/S-Video Video adapter lets you use a TV for graphical output." I expect that the adapter's S-video quality will be similar to that from a PowerBook, because the mini's main video output is DVI, not VGA, that is "digital, not analog."
Eagle
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