Hi, I don't see a VGA port on my TV, but I don't know what one looks like. I'll probably end up trying both cables, chances are one will work. The TV I have isn't an HD TV it's one of those DVD player/TV combos. Thanks, Courtney On 11/05/2010, at 12:19 in the Afternoon, Chris Blouch wrote:
> Right, if you have real DVI or HDMI hookups you should use those. But > depending on the TV vintage it might only have VGA. Actually, I thought > component (3 separate connectors) was a step above composite (usually one > connector). > > CB > > Bryan Smart wrote: >> But VGA will be low quality video. If you have an HD television, you won't >> get HD signal that way. >> >> Use HDMI first. If you can't use that, then use VGA, then composite, and >> finally component video (the worst). >> >> Bryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 4:03 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor? >> >> Since your TV is kind of new it might have VGA inputs. Some do now days. If >> that's the case you can skip the VGA to NTSC converter box. If not, the >> converter has both RCA and SVideo (4-pin cable) outputs. Most TVs have >> SVideo these days. All the cables come with it. >> >> CB >> >> Courtney Curran wrote: >> This could be a dumb question, but my Tv's about 2 or 3 years old, does >> this matter? Thanks, Courtney >> On 07/05/2010, at 3:01 in the Afternoon, Chris Blouch wrote: >> >> >> It used to be that you could use a mini-DVI to NTSC to 'trick' the >> mini into thinking there was a monitor but that stopped working when Apple >> dropped the analog signals from their DVI implementation. Really, how many >> people still had ntsc or pal TVs and were going to hook them up to a mini? >> Well, I'm one of them so the best I could figure out was to get the miniDVI >> to VGA adapter and then a VGA to NTSC converter. Now my mini thinks there is >> a VGA display hooked up all the time, whether or not the TV is actually on. >> Whether you come out ahead cost wise doing this is another thing, but you'll >> probably want the VGA hook up anyway. >> So depending on which Mini you have you'll either needs the >> Apple Mini DVI to VGA adapter for $20 >> http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9320G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY >> or the Apple DisplayPort to VGA adapter for $30 >> http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY >> I think newer Minis come with both so you could go with the >> cheaper MiniDVI to VGA adapter and then a VGA to NTSC adapter. I found a >> cheap one which runs off the USB power for $30 here: >> http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp >> Hope this helps. >> CB >> Bryan Smart wrote: >> If there was an FAQ for this list, the frustrating and >> repetitious subject of Minis and monitors would probably be at the top. I >> know that there is no reason to assume that newbies should know this, so >> there is no reason to blast them, but it gets so old covering this over and >> over again. We literally seem to have a thread about it 2 or 3 times a week. >> No, the Mini and VoiceOver won't work right without a >> monitor. >> Yes, that's why Safari and other apps always say that >> they're "busy, busy, busy, busy". >> No, there is no adaptor that you can plug in to it >> that will fake a monitor being attached. >> No, the Mini isn't supposed to be a portable computer. >> No, Apple isn't going to do anything to fix this in >> the future, as far as we know. >> Don't feel bad, Courtney. Lots of other people >> assume, like you, that this will work. It doesn't. No way that you could >> know without asking in advance. Hope that this helps and saves time. >> Maybe this is reason #1 to start an FAQ for this list? >> Bryan >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Romack >> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:46 PM >> To: MacVisionaries >> Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor? >> A couple points to note here: >> Ben - Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Rude, much? Consider that new >> members join this list every day, and they aren't privi to previous threads, >> unless they have no social life and sit and read every message dated back to >> the conception of this list. Apple picked a name for this product line that >> draws the to the assumption that the computer is "mini" enough to be >> portable. Consider that not everyone is as informed as you. Okay? >> For the sake of this thread, and the notion that Ben >> may explode in a fiery ball of rage with what I am about to propose - what >> if an adapter was plugged into the display port of the Mini, but no display >> was actually attached? Could one purchase some sort of VGA-to-RCA adapter >> (if one such adapter exists), and plug it into something portable that >> receives RCA-in? Just a thought from an ignorant Apple- head. >> romack >> www.justinromack.com <http://www.justinromack.com/> >> twitter.com/justinromack >> On May 6, 8:00 am, "Neil James" <nei...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:nei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ben, if you had read the post more carefully, perhaps you >> wouldn't have been so quick to fly off the handle? The >> question was if there exists a portable monitor not how >> portable the mini is. To answer the original question >> though, the smallest monitor I have come across, was a >> screen size of 12 inches, so while doable, it isn't exactly a portable >> monitor. >> Neil >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" <bmustillr...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:bmustillr...@gmail.com> To: >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:45 AM >> Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor? >> >> Not portable in the sense that you could carry it to work. >> How many times do we have to say to people that a mini is >> not portable? >> >> On 05/05/2010, Courtney Curran <moopiecur...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:moopiecur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, >> are there any portable monitors like USB monitors or >> something. 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