DVI to TV converter

Hello,
From searching the posts Ive noticed alot of people having problems with the DVI to Video converter offered by apple. well it appears I am no exception. I have my mac hooked up to an RCA flat screen. the quality is fine but but the right top corner and top of the picture are slanted to the left... I have it hooked up through an RCA jack would switching to the s-video help?? or is there some other way to fix this?? please let me know thanks.

Hmm. That sounds strangely similar to this problem recently reported at Audioholics. Different TV though. But it could be the same manufacturer. Or the same chip set.
http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/OleviaDeinterlacing.php

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This is the picture of all the ports from my iMac
This is the mini DVI to HDMI converter which I bought from ebay. And I have the HDMI cable to connect it to my TV
Could anyone please suggest me a solution how I could connect my iMac to the LG smart TV? Also I need to know if this transmits the audio as well to the smart TV?
Suggestions are welcomed. I really appreciate and thank you for your time

I would suggest looking into a Thunderbolt to HDMI connector. In this case, you may be able to use the TV as an external monitor. For this option, please confirm through additional research. I have not tested it personally.
You can also use an Apple TV, which connects with HDMI. In this case, you can use Airplay Mirroring. Not all Macs support Airplay Mirroring, so you need to check first. I have a Mid-2011 27" iMac, and it supports Airplay Mirroring. I don't use it often because my TV is in another room, but I just tried it and it worked. It had to change the screen resolution to work well, so I don't know if I would want to use it as my day to day monitor. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5404

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I recently bought a macbook, and so far I'm very satisfied with it (aside from the heat problems, which aren't that bad imo.) A few days ago, I recieved a Mini-DVI to Video converter in the mail to use with my six-year old television. Previously, I had used my dad's aging Dell Latitude to plug into the TV to watch old television shows I have acquired from the internet. It had great quality. However, using the same connection/cable with the macbook has given less than desirable results when it comes to color quality. Where the latitude had great color, the macbook seems to be outputting a very bright, very noticeably red picture. While it doesn't bother me significantly, it's sort of annoying to see everything with a twinge of red.
Now, I have tried calibrating the TV using the built in Mac OS utilities (on expert mode,) however this hasn't fixed the problem--the output is a little darker, but the colors are still off. The TV has had no other problems in the past; everything else that's ever been connected to the TV's S-Video connector has been perfect.
Has anyone else ever had a problem similar to this? Like I said, it's watchable but slightly annoying when the colors are off like that (especially when you compare the macbook's screen to the TV's... The macbook is perfect while the TV has an annoying red tinge.)

Just tried this, in fact its hooked up to my other monitor right now and i do still get the red tinge. The picture is perfect apart from this though. Its nice and sharp and clear.
The colour does indeed come on just fine to begin with but once the monitor has done its auto adjust it drops back to the red. I've played with the display settings, different resolutions etc for both displays and still the same.
The thing is, the mac does seem to be sending the correct signal as the monitor is initially correct. Ill try this with a CRT monitor once my battery is charged and if i can find another VGA cable in ill give that a go too.

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I have a iBook G4 that I use as my home ents hub, I purchased a DVI to Video converter which worked well for about a week until one day my Mac started recognising it as a VGA adapter.
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The adapter works perfectly well with my friend's identical iBook and on his iMac too.
The mini DVI port on my mac works fine when hooked up to a VGA monitor.
HELP!!!! Until I get this fixed I'm stuck watching Lost on a 12" screen, which *****.

I have the exact same problem. For years my iBook has output happily to the tv via the Mini-VGA -> Composite/SVIDEO adaptor. Suddenly it stopped working and recognizes the adaptor as a VGA-Monitor.
I've tried resetting the PMU, flashing the PRAM and NVRAM, "shoving" the cable into the socket, deleting com.apple.windowserver.plist files...
Please help...

Where can I find a cheap DVI to ADC converter??

Anyone know where I can find a cheap DVI to ADC converter for use with my 15" ADC display and my G5?
Is it worth buying from the USA? If so will I need to convert the power supply etc?
Cheers

Hmm, OK, just googled.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~ysimmhan/misc/pub/mp32au
Looks like it needs xaudio (or any MP3 player that can dump raw to standard out) and Sox

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Hi guys, recently my lcd screen went completely black, the macbook pro (from 2007) still turns on and still makes sounds, but the screen is completely black. i need to save important info so i used the dvi to vga adapter (not the mini one but the one i got with it in 07) and i tried it on 2 old moniters, and 2 new lcd monitors. none of them work, i am very concerned. the 2 moniters just stayed black, and the 2 lcds said "no signal, going to sleep". guys what's going on, please help me

do you still hear the chime? try the smc reset - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1411
& the PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
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There has been quite a lot of discussion here about driving twin displays with the mini, and more recently about the potential for USB video adapters to facilitate this, particularly in the light of several vendors claiming they have suitable MacOS devices and drivers 'almost ready'.
The DisplayLink solution seems to be the one most suggested as viable, though it's a pity they have not yet been able to move their drivers from beta - I suspect that puts a few people off. It's therefore good to hear of a real-world experience that should help others decide whether or not to go this route!

Convert to DVI

Hello to all, I would be grateful for any advise on my 17" Monitor. I originally purchased two Apple 17" displays 3 months apart and have been using them on my G5 2.0 with a ATI 9600 Pro 64 meg video card, (1 DVI and I ADC port), with no problems. I purchased the Apple DVI to ADC converter to use for duel display. Again all was fine.
I have now up graded both Monitors for the G5 to LG 22" DVI-1 connectors, and wish to use the 17" Monitors on either my PC with a ATI Wonder Card (DVi VGA) or with the Apple DVI converter to my MacBook Pro.
Currently only only one will convert to DVI. The other displays as best described as one looks at the screen as Negative! just like a Negative Photo film.
The interesting thing when I connect this Monitor directly to the G5 ATI ADC port (no conversion) it's FINE!
If I try to use the DVI port (convert it) it displays the Negative view look! I am baffled but obversely something has failed which seems to point to the Monitor.
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DVI scan converter for under $1000?

I've just gotten some e-mails which indicate DVI scan converters are downright expensive. Considering many DVI HD-TVs are now well under $1000, you'd think that you could get a scan converter for less. Sure there is DisplayConfigX and SwitchResX, but they are complicated to setup, and it appears not all HD-TVs respond well to them. So here's the question, anyone know of a simple DVI based scan converter that will reduce the picture so that all four sides of the screen which are overscanned on my set actually appear on my HD-TV? I don't want to have to step down to VGA just to do scan conversion. Right now the VGA scan converters are only $200 to $300 depending on where you look. Why some companies charge as much as $12,000 for DVI versions is beyond me!

there are scan converters that do the simple job of converting a signal from 1 format to another then there are converters (scalers) that are designed to take NTSC (or PAL, SECAM, etc...) material and upconvert it to a higher resolution. back in the day when we used to deal with $50,000 9" gun CRT front projection systems, they often used $30,000 boxes that did the scan conversion. with CRT based systems on a large projection screen, you can actually see the black gap between the scan lines of the electron beams. the original reason to upscale NTSC video to different formats (differente VGA resolutions, really) was to increase brightness, not increase detail... for the higher the resolution, the smaller the black lines in between the scan lines on the screen. the reason that this is not so easy to accomplish is because film, which was originally shot in 24 frames per second, is being asked to play back on a device that is 60, 80, or higher frames per second (the vertical refresh rate). when dealing with film, you are of course dealing with people who are very critical with all technical processes being applied (rightfully so) and the same with the viewers. when done incorrectly or without proper processing, this scan rate conversion is visible by "rips" or jittery motion artifacts during playback.
because more and more of today's modern sources are digital (DVI and HDMI) and the display devices are also digital (LCD, DLP, and plasma) scan converters and scalers are somewhat obsolete. it is still downright confusing, though. 1080i from an HD-DVD is played back at 1080p. 1080p from a Blue Ray player is played back at 1080p. HDMI, while supposed to make life simpler, actually has a whole list of incompatible sources and display devices with more HDMI #.# versions to come.
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anyways, some of the companies still in the business...
Faroudja (recently bought by Meridian UK)
DVDO
Silicon Image
Focus Enhancements (exiting / exited the market?)
Snell and Wilcox
gefen (is a newcomer beginning to offer some product)
i'm sure that i'm missing a bunch, but these are the ones that i recall off the top of my head

Converting one of two DVI monitors to HDMI to view on HDTV

Is this even possible?
I have a DVI splitter already in place on the 2nd monitor but the DVI-to-HDMI converter next in the chain to the HDTV (1080p) keeps popping up the incompatible video signal message.
Do I have to connect the optical audio line to make nice?

Hi-
The DVI splitter can only supply one resolution.
Unless both monitors are of the same resolution, problems will result.
Using both ports of the graphics card will give better results.
If one port is ADC, use the ADC to DVI adapter (Belkin or Molex) to connect one DVI monitor,
Use the DVI port to connect DVI to HDMI.
Do I have to connect the optical audio line to make nice?
No.
You only need that to get audio.

Mini-DVI to Video shows w/o color and atleast 2 of everything

I just bought a mini-DVI to Video converter for my Macbook. I tried to hook it up to my 42" Panasonic Viera and had white static lines going up my screen with no picture. I then tried to hook it up with the composite and lowered the resolution all the way down and had picture but only in black and white and it divided my TV almost in half and put the images on my monitor up twice. How do I get the whole picture to take up the whole screen in color so I can watch my iTunes movies and DVDs on my TV.

From your posting, I can't tell what Viera model you have. However, I was just over to the Panasonic website and one 42" Viera advertised 4 HDMI inputs with 2 of them with separate audio inputs. If you have a similar model, you should go with the HDMI option. As per the posting above, you should be using the Apple mini DVI-->DVI cable. Couple that up with a DVI-->HDMI cable and you should be in business with the best video on your big screen. Works great on my 40" Sony.
Re your problem with double images in black and white, I had a similar problem in a different vain. My problem was a DVD player that I had hooked up to my TV with a s-video cable and it did the exact same thing. It was driving me nuts until I had the bright idea of reading the DVD manual. Sure enough, there was a setting in the DVD setup that had to be checked in order to view through a s-video output. Once I changed the setting, I only had one picture and the color reappeared. You probably had a similar setting in your Viera manual that would correct that problem.
Go with the HDMI option. Note that it will be necessary to run a separate cord for the audio.

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Trying to set up my 2007 imac to my Panasonic tv. I have a mini dvi to hdmi converter and an hdmi cable connected to my tv. I only get a blank screen on the tv, but it seems that the computer is connecting. When i go into sytem preferences for display monitoring I get the second screen saying Panasonic and set up which reolution I want but theres no way to detect the display. Any help getting picture would be greatly appreciated!!

Do you have the correct HDMI input selected in the TVs menu...?
Aditionally, there might also be settings for connecting a PC to the TV.

"Mini DVI to HDMI" or "Mini DVI to VGA" to go to Samsung LN32B460 HDTV?

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I am wondering if I should buy another one, from a more reliable seller of course, or if I should buy the "Mini DVI to VGA" instead?
I don't play games, so it would be mainly for playing movies and browsing the web. My display is a 32" Samsung 720p (Model LN32B460). It is has a native resolution of 1360x768, 60Hz refresh.
Will I see a quality difference for the basic stuff that I am doing that I should get the "Mini DVI to HDMI" or will the "Mini DVI to VGA" be enough?
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I'm attempting to connect my MB to a plasma 50 inch Panasonic TV, and am about to purchase the necessary cables from www.monoprice.com.
I've discovered so far that the HDMI connection directly between the MB and the TV (using the appropriate mini DVI adapter of course - product # 4852 at monochrome.com and an Apple HDMI cable which I'll return to get a better price at monochrome) transmits only video/pictures but not audio.
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1) Could audio be transmitted from the MB to the TV using a "Coax (RCA) to Optical Toslink Digital Audio Converter" (product ID # 2947 at www.monochrome.com) to connect directly to the TV (in which case, what digital audio cable would I need to connect the converter to the TV)? And if so, would it be stereo or mono?
OR...
2) Should I wait until I get my Onkyo surround sound system (later this week) to see if the RCA cable will transmit directly from the MB to the sound system?
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If I hook up a mini DVI to HDMI adapter to an HDMI cable and run it from my MacBook to my plasma TV, can I get video & audio without using the optical digital audio port?

stedman1 wrote:
Hi ypw: Good question indeed. I checked my Plasma (LG) there doesn't appear to be a separate audio input associated with the HDMI inputs. I seem to recall some posts on here pointing to the separate audio solution, but had never tried to verify.
I might try with my Samsung plasma TV at home.
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How do i connect my mac mini to a kvm switch using the hdmi to dvi adapter?

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