30" Dell 2008 LCD w/ MacBook?

Hello everyone.
I have a 30" Dell LCD that's hooked up to my Dell PC. I live in a small studio apartment so it serves as my television (blu-ray, cable, PS3).
I want to hook both my MacBook Pro (17" 3.06Ghz) & MacBook Air (2.13" SSD) up to my 30" (not at the same time of course)
Both have the 9400 chip and are mini-display port.
My 30" has a display port, HDMI, DVI and VGA inputs.
What connector do I need to hook up my laptops to it? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Message was edited by: adamjackson1984

Your best bet is a mini-DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. There's one available from monoprice.com. That will do the video. For audio, a mini-stereo to RCA cable, or if the display has optical audio in, you'd want a mini-Toslink to Toslink cable. Both would connect to the headphone port of the computer (which is a combined analog/digital port).

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