Cords Required to Watch Macbook Pro on TV

Question

I have the a Macbook Pro that I purchased in August of 2009. I purchased the 13 inch model, but with the 15 inch tech specs. I have an Emerson 32 inch LCD tv and I was wondering what cords I would need to watch movies on the TV via my Macbook Pro. The tv does not have a headphone jack port for audio so I need help getting the proper audio and video cords.

Answer 1

"Standard audio visual ports" doesn't tell us anything useful. That's why no one is responding.
If the TV set has built-in stereo speakers, it probably has red and white RCA female audio inputs for analog audio. If that's the case, you can use an audio cable with a stereo mini phone plug to connect to your MBP's headphone port and dual RCA male plugs on the other end to connect to the TV. Such cables are available at Radio Shack, Best Buy, etc. If the TV also has a digital (optical) audio input, you can use a mini-TOSlink-to-TOSLink cable for digital sound. This will give cleaner sound than an analog connection, though for many purposes the difference won't be apparent.
For the video but not the audio (because your MBP model doesn't output audio through the mini-displayport), you can use a mini-displayport-to-HDMI adapter and a standard HDMI male-to-male cable of the appropriate length. Or you can use a mini-displayport-to-VGA adapter and a VGA male-to-male cable is the TV has a VGA input port (sometimes labeled PC or Computer). Or you can use a mini-displayport-to-DVI adapter and a DVI male-to-male cable if the TV has a DVI input port. If the TV has S-Video, Component Video or Composite Video inputs, use DVI, HDMI or VGA instead of any of those: you'll get a better picture.