Audio out + DVI to HDMI Connections

Hey all,
I have a
Macmini early 2006, http://support.apple.com/kb/SP34
Objective:
• Connect my macmini with audio support to the HDMI port on the tv.
Question:
• Is there an adapter that takes the audio out and the DVI connector combines it into an HDMI connection so that I can watch and listen to my macmini on the tv?
thanks

Hello,
No personal experience but this may be a solution for you:
http://kanexlive.com/products/item.aspx?id=3495

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GDicker, welcome to the forum.
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DVI is a digital signal in the same format as the video portion of HDMI. The difference is that DVI doesn't carry the audio signal like HDMI does. This means that if you are only using the video signal you can use a simple DVI to HDMI plug adapter that changes the physical connections. If you want to go from a DVI source with audio, you'll need an active converter to combine the video signal from the DVI source and the audio into the HDMI signal.
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Source Control - Selects the video input signal.
DVI Selects DVI as the video input signal.
HDMI Selects HDMI as the video input signal.
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If both sources are on the "Default Source" option selects which input to display based on its setting.
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I did what is said here but audio will not work.
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/f16ef16a-2e5c-4725-97e0-9ae1f947c86f ro nomodeset radeon.audio=1
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One more info: I also have an on-board sound card, which uses the same module, so I disabled it in BIOS.
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I'm about to buy an external monitor to use with my MacBook Pro late 2008. I do understand HDMI (digital) looks much better than VGA (analog), so I'm thinking about buying a Mini-DVI to HDMI adapter. My questions are:
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If your macbook has mini-DVI then HDMI or no HDMI you will not get any audio passed through the HDMI connection because DVI does not pass audio. You would need to pass the audio separately via analog stereo line out.
But what difference does it make anyhow? You intend to use this as a monitor as opposed to hooking it up to a HDTV.
So long as you use a digitial interface HDMI, DVI, mini-displayport, etc. you are not going to loose any quality. It's digital. It either works or it doesn't. VGA, being analog, will of course be less quality.
I don't even know why you care about converting to HDMI when you could just convert mini-DVI to standard DVI and use a monitor that accepts standard DVI. They're plenty of those around.
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