Filed under: Video, Snow Leopard
Mac OS X, now HDTV-ready with 10.6
Three new resolution options are now available for your HDTV-viewing experience: 720p, 1080i, and 1080p. This should be good news for anyone rocking the HTMac set-up, or even for anyone who wants to check it out and may not be fully-versed with some of the issues.
We've tried to reproduce the above using a DVI -> VGA adapter and have thus far found bupkis. We're not sure if this works with DVI -> HDMI either, but we do know it works with DisplayPort -> HDMI. Check it out for yourself and let us know your results.
Thanks to Jay for sending this in via Twitter.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Oskar said 10:22AM on 8-31-2009
Confirmed that this works for Mini DVI - HDMI adapter on late 2007 Macbook.
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Heimbachae said 10:28AM on 8-31-2009
AWESOME!!!! i'll try this out when i get home
davidjwalsh said 12:00PM on 8-31-2009
mini-dvi to hdmi adaptor.....? where do you get this from ?
davidjwalsh said 12:01PM on 8-31-2009
mini-dvi to hdmi adaptor.....? where do you get this from ?
revans said 12:31PM on 8-31-2009
You can get it at monoprice for $6.31
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419&cs_id=1041912&p_id=4852&seq=1&format=2
For others - they make mini-displayport to HDMI $9.75
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=5311&seq=1&format=2
Mr Lizard said 2:13PM on 8-31-2009
davidjwalsh,
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mini-dvi+to+hdmi+adaptor
Shaun said 10:23AM on 8-31-2009
Yes, it works with the Mini DVI port on a Mac Mini (this is a new Mac Mini with both the Display Port and Mini DVI port though)
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Michael Fey said 10:24AM on 8-31-2009
It would be great if it worked with DisplayPort to DVI, putting out a native resolution to my TV would be fantastic.
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Andrew Timson said 1:17PM on 8-31-2009
Depending on your TV, you may not want to use an HDTV mode to get a native resolution; for most "720p" TVs, you'll really want to use 1366x768.
JD said 2:32PM on 8-31-2009
Does anyone know whether it is any easier to output to a 1366x768 TV now? Or do I still have to use SwitchResX, which seems to always require about ten restarts to create that option, get it to stick, and get it to work right.
lens42 said 2:27AM on 9-01-2009
Yes. I would like to know about this too. My attempt at a Mac Mini HTPC failed miserably because I could not get the Mini to output the1336x768 that my (not *that* old) Sony wanted. It Snow Leopard fixes this, I might try again.
allenvanhellen said 4:05AM on 9-03-2009
I have a Samsung/PAVV TV that is this resolution, and after a hell of a time I got it to work at native resolution / 1:1 with 10.5. When I get home I'll try to remember to post the timings.
Stephen.4 said 10:24AM on 8-31-2009
Ordered my HDMI adapter yesterday, this is great news!
Although, will it work on the late '08 MacBook UniBody? (NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory)
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Harold said 10:25AM on 8-31-2009
DVI -> HDMI also works :)
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Tidal said 11:33AM on 8-31-2009
Awesome! Thanks
Gustavo Seidler said 10:26AM on 8-31-2009
It works for me with DisplayPort > DVI adapter + DVI > HDMI cable.
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Andrew S said 11:15AM on 8-31-2009
This is Great, I have my laptop setup with the Display Port -> DVI and DVI -> HDMI. I might just purchase a MacMini if this works great on my laptop with the Hulu Desktop app.
Jay said 11:32AM on 8-31-2009
Thats the setup I have Mac mini + boxee + hulu desktop + HDTV
Brandon said 10:29AM on 8-31-2009
Interesting to know. Has me thinking that I should upgrade to Snow Leopard, get a DisplayPort to HDMI connector, get a Netflix account and stream Netflix in HD through my Macbook. Might be a way cheaper alternative to buying a blu-ray player.
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Bingo said 10:43AM on 8-31-2009
Just buy a PS3 for it's BluRay player. I don't play games, so it's only used for movies in my home. With the price drop, it's even more affordable, and you can upgrade the harddrive. I have a 320GB drive in mine.