Ah, thanks a lot. I now am using a Visio TV, newly bought, with my Mac mini, over HDMI. It seems to work fine, although I wish I could sort of incorporate the TV aspects of the Visio into the mac, somehow. On Jan 20, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
> You can use pretty much anything if you can get an adapter. For built-in > options, modern macs (not macbooks though) generally have HDMI and > Thunderbolt as monitor connection options. Confusingly, Thunderbolt can also > be called Mini Display Port, so if you need VGA you can do what I did and get > a VGA to Thunderbolt adapter. However, many sources will call this a VGA to > Mini Display Port adapter, but my understanding is that it is the same thing. > In addition, there are two types of DVI, if your monitor uses that, and my > Mini came with an HDMI to DVI adapter but it was the wrong type. You can get > either type D or type I, and I don't remember which the Mac ships with, but > you will need to be sure the types match if you use DVI. By the way, the > "serial port" you mentioned is very probably VGA - they feel almost > identical. DVI feels a bit wider and usually has a large hole on one end > instead of straight pin holes. HDMI feels a bit like an overgrown USB port, > and Thunderbolt/Mini Display is smaller and square-ish, kind of like a > slightly shrunken USB cord, the type that plugs into a printer. > On Jan 20, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all. I am trying to get a monitor to plug into the mac. the other TV >> was too bosky and stuff, so what all options do I have? I notice that there >> are the same types of connections that game consoles use, and I'm wondering >> if I can use those for the mac. So, I'm wondering if I can use those >> serial-port-like things, like on the HP monitor, with the mac. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
