HT4124 How to connect MBP to projectors?

How do I connect a 15" MacBook Pro (mid-2012) to a projector?

Ok, this is the way that it has worked with Mac Book Pro's for the past 3 years, except ( and I still don't know why) with some 13" Macbook Pro models.  All mac book pro's, output a digital signal that is HDCP compliant, this means that they only native support digital signals - - - VGA, S-VIDEO, RCA, Component (RGB), DVI-i are all Analog signals.  A straight adapter will not work, period...  What you need is a converter -- a digital to analog converter, or a HDMI to VGA converter (search for ones that are HDCP compliant up to 1.3) some may work that are not HDCP, but there is also a chance that they may not.  www.HDFury.com makes higher end professional converters, from th $100 to $500 range. Or you can look at Amazon and find a multitude of converters from $25 - $70 and up.
So you need a mini-display port to HDMI adapter (or DVI adapter that comes with some mac's if so find DVI-D to HDMI converter). $15 - I wouldn't pay $49 from apple.  Rockfish has a solid one.
and you will need a digital to analoge converter box ($50) or so.
It is not just apple, people who have PS3, Xbox, and pretty much any newer apple TV or Microsoft equivalent will have the same problem.
How do I know this?  I have the same problem and have been doing my research for the past hour.

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