Plugging a Macbook into a TV?
Can you watch Macbook content on a TV?
The setup is a Late-2008 Macbook - going into an older Samsung or something - looked on the back - has what I guess is RCA - one Black (video) and one Yellow (audio). Is this possible? I use the Macbook with a cinema display via Mini-DVI to DVI (Apple) - wondering if I can watch movies off the laptop on the TV.
Don't have a dvd player, and watching movies through the laptop speakers while 2 people sit on the couch a bit away is madness.
Thanks!
The unibody MacBook doesn't support analog TV output (i.e. standard definition composite or s-video). However, some of the previous models did using Apple's mini DVI to composite/s-video adapter. However, that adapter does _not_ work on either the unibody (Aluminum) MacBook or the early 2009 white MacBook.
You can, however, use a VGA to composite/s-video converter box once you have the adapter to output VGA from your MacBook. Here is a link which discusses one such setup (note, this setup will cost you somewhere between $50 to $80 and don't expect it to work absolutely perfectly):
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8361557#8361557
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