Hondo Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I wanan know what I need for duel screen or if its even possible. I have a little HDTV plasma laying around that no one uses So I was wondering if its possible to duel screen it since I see a plug in the back that seems formiler. I just need to know what part I need to get my mac to the tv. Because I have hearing that apple makes ones just for imacs so I cant just go down to radio shack and pick up the cord. So with this being said. Heres what the back looks like. Connection says VGA. My Mac Specifications 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo 1GB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x512 160GB Serial ATA drive SuperDrive 8X (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) Keyboard & Mighty Mouse + Mac OS X - U.S. English ATI Radeon X1600 128MB SDRAM 17-inch widescreen LCD AirPort Extreme Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuka Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 I suggest connecting it through S-Video (I think thats an S video port in the pic) first you need the miniDVI to s-video cable from the Apple store for $19.99 http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...p;nplm=M9319G/A Then you need an S-Video cable you can find at any store, even a Wal-Mart, it looks something like this http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondo Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 I suggest connecting it through S-Video (I think thats an S video port in the pic)first you need the miniDVI to s-video cable from the Apple store for $19.99 http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebO...p;nplm=M9319G/A Then you need an S-Video cable you can find at any store, even a Wal-Mart, it looks something like this http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.js...rentPage=search Thanks =). Going to order now =). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 man....i wish i had a spare Plasma HDTV lying around the house....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossie Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 This is old, but why would you suggest s-video? s-video is rubbish compared to vga... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_stick Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 This is old, but why would you suggest s-video? s-video is rubbish compared to vga...exactly... s-vhs: you've got 4 pins; chroma, luminence and their respective grounds vga: there's 9pins; red, green, blue, sync-red, sync-green, sync-blue, indivudual grounds much higher signal quality with VGA, better than composite, comparable/identical to SCART (with good cabling) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plugwash Posted January 17, 2008 Share Posted January 17, 2008 Whatever you do you will need an apple supplied adaptor to go into the apple mini-dvi port and adapt it to what you want. If your TV has a HDMI input I would use an apple mini DVI to DVI adaptor and a DVI to HDMI cable. If it doesn't have HDMI but does have VGA use a apple mini DVI to VGA adaptor and a VGA cable. If you are really desparate apple also do mini DVI to s-video or composite adaptors but you won't get HD with those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate256 Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 other companies make DVI to VGA. just pick on of those up some place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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