OUTPUT OF MACBOOK PRO TO TV

How can I take the output of my MacBook Pro and show it on a TV? Can I do it wired and/or wirelessly?
My TV has an HDMI and a component input!
Thanks,
Dennis

Take a look at your MBP. Check for a Thunderbolt, Mini Display port or DVI port. Get an adapter for which ever port you have to HDMI. That will give video for all configurations. For sound you will have to tap into the audio output port to RCA input connectors on the TV. If you have a Thunderbolt output, the HDMI cable will also support sound.
Ciao
PS. Adapters can be found at the Apple store or OWC. (and at many other vendors)

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Is it possible to get a splitter and to make from one jack, two, input and output or do I need to buy USB headphones?
A splitter would be the best solution

From the manual:
+"*Audio out port.* Connect external speakers, headphones (including iPhone), or digital audio equipment. You can specify audio analog line in functionality, to support line-level microphones and audio equipment, by selecting Audio In in the Sound pane of System Preferences."+
+"Choose Apple () > System Preferences, and open Sound preferences. Specify whether you want the port to be used for audio input or audio output."+
This means you must choose whether you want the single audio port on the 13" MBP to be input or output. It mentions iPhone headphones, but those will work only as headphones, not as a combined mic/headset when connected to the MBP.
(As in, "Oh, now I get it!")
Thinking on your comment, I see what you mean by 'an extra port' - the iMic has both in and out, meaning you'd actually have three counting the internal port on the MBP.
Looking back at your first post, you mention USB headphones. That would be fine as well - set the MBP's audio port to be used for input, and connect the USB headphones and use those for output. No 'extra' port that way, and USB headphones are cheaper than an iMic.
EDIT: The caveat there is that the audio in on the MBP (true for all MBPs, not just the 13") is a line-level input, not a microphone input. So, the MBP is expecting a line-level signal, meaning preamplified audio. If your guitar puts out a line-level signal or you're using a powered mic, fine. Else, you may need the iMic, which can take either line-level or microphone (non-preamplified) input.

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That's an interesting question. On the Thunderbolt page (http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/) it says "Which means you can connect external devices like . . . video capture solutions directly to MacBook Pro or iMac — and get PCI Express performance," and lists "Video Capture: Blackmagic UltraStudio 3D, Matrox MX02." Note that BUS 3D is "only $995," and the MX02 only twice that much!
So, it sounds like the potential is there, but I think you've asked the operative question: "what software would need to be used?" And I suspect that at this point in time, although the hardware potential is there, the software to control exactly what you want to do, with the hardware you want to use, is not.
Somebody's always got to be the first one to try something, so maybe s/he already has and will post here. If not, and you give it a try, I hope we'll hear from you. Good luck to you.

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That is because it has to execute a change in the routing and such, it "system world" all of my machines do the same thing. The speakers and headphone jack are not a paralleled signal path they are two seperate devices and need to switch over. (Think of the system as opening a micro app)
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I am extremely concerned regarding Apple's Mini Displayport. Mini Displayport has been out for a year now, and is the video out port with the maximum signal output on Macbook Pro's. Apple's Mini Displayport still does not offer the compatibility and performance, that is possible with the standard Displayport implantation on Windows.
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HDMI output not working MACBOOK Pro (Oct 2014)

I am trying to get another screen connected to my MBP, I have tried numerous screens and cables to achieve this, but I can not get it to work.
Is there a on/off or disable HDMI output on the MBP?
I have used various screen, which i know work. And a HDMI to DVI and HDMI to HDMI cables to screens . I know the cable and screens work as I use them at work on a daily basis.
All I get is "No signal connected".
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Help!? No sound output on my Macbook Pro?

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I still get to hear the startup tone, but after that, nothing else... Any ideas?
I'm running 10.7.5 on a macbook pro.

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It was working fine until now, and now suddenly, the sound is gone. I've tried PRAM and SMC reset. Nothing works.
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OS X Mavericks: If you can’t hear sound from your speakers
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13841
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