Help connecting to HD TV using HDMI

Question

Hello,
I have had problems connecting using my airport to my Samsung HD TV. One post said to try connecting using an HDMI cable first directly. But I am trying to find how to do that. The cables are HDMI but there is no HDMI port. There doesn't seem to be any for ethernet or USB which is what the IBook has. Help, this has been extremely frustrating.

Answer 1

The only video port in the iBook G4 is the 'mini VGA' which requires an adapter to work.
And finding out if there is an adapter capable of the support you hope to achieve for
the HDMI panel TV would require reading the specs on the adapters sold by Apple.
Various TV models have different ports, too; some probably won't work with old iBook
due to lack of digital. Some TVs with PC ports can use analog adapters... What model
Samsung do you have? With that, is where you could begin a google Adapter search.
Powered 'analog to digital' adapters can run upwards in cost, if needed.
Or, if those ones are no longer sold in the Store, maybe check through reseller retail
locations; or companies online such as welovemacs.com. More recent Mac adapters
would probably be available through the online Apple store; or authorized resellers.
• Apple Video Adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9109G/A
• VGA Display Adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M8639G/A
{some look like these, but won't work in certain models where hardware differs}
for connecting an external HDMI LCD monitor: (DVI)
http://longwood.refreshelectronics.com/ProductInfo.aspx?id=6725363
• *Re: iBook to HDTV?:*
http://forums.dealmac.com/read.php?4,2622521
• VGA to DVI adapter? something like this, maybe:
http://sewelldirect.com/gefenvgatodviadapterwoscaling.asp
The later MacBook & MB/Pro support different displays and use adapters with other
specifications; though some do look like the older PowerBook/iBook versions.
So, if you have a newer 'intel-based' MacBook, that'd use a different mini-adapter
then a PPC G4 PowerBook or iBook G4. And the graphics support in PowerBooks
and newer MacBook/MacBook Pro are also different than iBook G4 or early PBook.
You say you are use an AirPort to connect to Samsung HD TV... most kinds of
attachments between products would require cable adapters or custom cables.
There are other earlier discussions online where this kind of issue was asked:
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-690921.html
The HDMI is a digital signal, but the video-out port in the iBook may be only analog;
so adapters would have to convert analog to Digital. Unless the panel TV has a
PC port for analog support in addition to the fancy digital port. That'd take another
cable, and a suitable adapter for the iBook G4.
If you are not using a G4 PPC portable computer, perhaps your post could
be moved by the host, to a newer M'Book discussion forum. Please advise.
Good luck & happy computing!
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