Oops sorry I missed all the other replies before I posted that. I wonder just how well that Apple TV will sell, out of all the Apple products released in recent years, maybe this one is a riskier proposition - will it catch on? Certainly the price is wild compared to just getting a cable, I guess it depends how far your TV is from the computer.
Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve's HDMI cable suggestion would work well if you had a newer TV, > as it seems HDMI will become the standard connection for years to come. > > Anyway to solve your problem, you just need the right apple adaptor. > There is one that turns the DVI port on your macbook into a s-video & > composite output: > > http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?productLearnMore=M9267G/A > > The above also works on the Mac Mini, altough my TV has a DVI input so > I havent actually tried this myself. > > If you had a normal macbook rather than a macbook pro then youd need a > slightly different adaptor, as that laptop has a mini-DVI output > rather than normal DVI. > > Incidentally, low res 320x240 videoblogs probably look better on an > old CRT-type television rather than modern LCD's, as the way CRT's > seem to soften the image helps hide pixels & compresion artifacts. > Just installed a large 1080i LCD tv at my brothers flat and normal > television looks quite bad through it, when close to the screen, let > alone 320x240. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Richard (Show) Hall" > <richard@> wrote: > > > > steve .. I was looking for something that inputs to s-video and it > doesn't > > look like this does, but I may not understand it. > > > > ... richard > > > > On 3/6/07, Steve Garfield <steve@> wrote: > > > > > > I just bought an HDMI DVI Cable for $5.03. > > > > > > http://offonatangent.blogspot.com/2007/03/steve-tv-ii-hdmi-dvi- > > > cable.html > > > > > > or > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/ytxvn4 > > > > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2007, at 8:32 PM, Richard (Show) Hall wrote: > > > > > > > Maureen and I always watch vlogs on TV using the iPod. > > > > > > > > My iPod quite working ... very sad ... tried the reboot thing, > > > > that's worked > > > > before a zillion times > > > > > > > > I thought I'd connect the mac book pro using audio and s-video, > but no > > > > s-video on mac book pro. > > > > > > > > Maybe it would work with AV cable for iPod by sticking it in the > > > > ear phone > > > > jack ... nope > > > > > > > > Maybe I could burn stuff to dvd and watch ... not too good of an > > > > option > > > > > > > > Ok, I admit it, actually tonight I was going to watch an episode of > > > > lost I > > > > got from iPod store in .m4v > > > > > > > > I can't believe that would work in my dvd player. > > > > > > > > Quicktime pro didn't seem to want to convert that file into > > > > anything else, > > > > maybe copy protection, I don't know. > > > > > > > > ... any ideas apprecaited ... richard > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Richard > > > > http://richardhhall.org > > > > Shows > > > > http://richardshow.org > > > > http://inspiredhealing.tv > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Steve Garfield > > > http://SteveGarfield.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard > > http://richardhhall.org > > Shows > > http://richardshow.org > > http://inspiredhealing.tv > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >
