By Professional Cable | October 19, 2009 at 11:25 PM EDT |
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I have recently spent some time on college campuses across Utah speaking to students about cables. You might think that most students don't care or even know anything about cables. Well, that might be true for some students, but nowadays, these students have literally grown up with computers and many know what the cables do or at least get the basic idea of what they can do. So being the cable expert at the college campus, I answered questions that the students had about their cable needs. So what was the number one question I was asked? How do I connect my computer to my TV? The cool thing about most campuses is that the students are carrying Macs, and Macs are easy to connect to new TVs that have VGA, DVI or HDMI. If you have a MacBook Pro, you'll need a Mini DisplayPort adapter. You'll need to find out which connection your TV has: VGA, DVI, or HDMI. Most new TVs have HDMI. If you need HDMI, you need a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter, along with an HDMI cable to connect to the TV. For most students a 10-15 feet cable will work. For an HDMI TV, projector, or monitor to a MacBook Pro you'll need a
Mini DisplayPort to HDMI