A Second Screen - Page 2

Marchies · 2nd April 2008, 02:14

Svideo, HDMI, VGA, AV output, AV input..and the normal yellow white red thingies..

Magnus · 2nd April 2008, 06:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by b00310

Svideo, HDMI, VGA, AV output, AV input..and the normal yellow white red thingies..

Apple has two adapters that would work then: mini-DVI to VGA and mini-DVI to S-video. Unless you misunderstood the salesperson, I don't understand what he was talking about you not being able to connect, of course you can connect.

Marchies · 2nd April 2008, 07:34

Thats why I got really upset.. One salesperson says it can work and other says it can't...

fangpyre · 3rd April 2008, 00:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by b00310

Svideo, HDMI, VGA, AV output, AV input..and the normal yellow white red thingies..

Your best bet is to get a DVI <> HDMI converter.

so you would have the following setup:

mini DVI <> DVI - HDMI cable

Remember this will NOT carry sound.
HDMI is actually DVI with sound, but since you started with DVI you lose the sound. (I hope somebody can resolve that).

Marchies · 3rd April 2008, 00:54

The sound isn't a problem.. Got a sound system hooked up.. I really don't understand, you you please attach photos of how it looks like..?

fangpyre · 3rd April 2008, 01:05

basically you need these two.
the mini DVI you can get from iStyle (it is the standard Apple connector).

I saw the second one in Hyper Panda (maybe Carrefour, but not sure)

I'm sure you you'll figure out how to connect everything once you see what you have.
Notice how the black cable has a DVI on one end and a HDMI on the second.

Marchies · 3rd April 2008, 01:10

Thank you so much! You're a life saver..! So the quality on the LCD TV will be better than VGA? Or are they the same?

Magnus · 3rd April 2008, 06:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by b00310

Thank you so much! You're a life saver..! So the quality on the LCD TV will be better than VGA? Or are they the same?

Quality with DVI/HDMI should be better because it's digital signal, with VGA it's not. But that's a general guideline and not necessarily always true in my experience.

fangpyre · 9th April 2008, 09:51

Hey B,
Did this work for you?

Can you take a picture of it for Shuffle?
Magnus asked me to write an article about this, and I did.
But I don't have a camera or the monitor to show it.

Marchies · 9th April 2008, 12:40

I didn't try it yet as I didn't go to iStyle, but hopefully I will go there this Saturday and get the stuff..Then I will take the picture =)

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2nd April 2008, 02:14	#11 (permalink)
Marchies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 543	Svideo, HDMI, VGA, AV output, AV input..and the normal yellow white red thingies..

2nd April 2008, 07:34	#13 (permalink)
Marchies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 543	Thats why I got really upset.. One salesperson says it can work and other says it can't...

3rd April 2008, 00:54	#15 (permalink)
Marchies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 543	The sound isn't a problem.. Got a sound system hooked up.. I really don't understand, you you please attach photos of how it looks like..?

3rd April 2008, 01:10	#17 (permalink)
Marchies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 543	Thank you so much! You're a life saver..! So the quality on the LCD TV will be better than VGA? Or are they the same?

9th April 2008, 09:51	#19 (permalink)
fangpyre Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 1,417	Hey B, Did this work for you? Can you take a picture of it for Shuffle? Magnus asked me to write an article about this, and I did. But I don't have a camera or the monitor to show it.

9th April 2008, 12:40	#20 (permalink)
Marchies Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dubai Posts: 543	I didn't try it yet as I didn't go to iStyle, but hopefully I will go there this Saturday and get the stuff..Then I will take the picture =)