Hi, I don’t think so Chris. Because the Mac uses the special adaptors to convert to VGA, I believe the chip in the adaptor itself won’t allow the connection. Could be wrong but, I believe that’s the case. Probably those folks purchasing movies from other than iTunes might be doing it on a Windows machine with the VGA connection as you suggest. I would expect other movie suppliers to have the same restrictions as Apple for digital content but sometimes Windows users have more hacks for breaking such security.
Later… Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Feb 13, 2014, at 3:13 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: > Got behind on my reading. Is it possible to use VGA to the projector? VGA > being an old analog standard lacks all the DRM baggage. > > CB > > On 1/27/14 8:36 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: >> We were using HDMI. >> >> On Jan 27, 2014, at 4:40 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote: >> >>> Sounds a bit odd. What was the connection from your MacBook to the >>> projector? I know there is a bag of hurt around HDMI and HD video DRM but >>> if you were using the analog VGA connection that shouldn't have had >>> anything to do with it. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/27/14 2:28 PM, Christine Grassman wrote: >>>> Hello all. In the past, I have been able to connect my MacBook to a >>>> projector and play any movies in my iTunes library. However, (and it has >>>> been months since I did this), today it did not work. The movie would play >>>> on the computer itself, but as soon as the projector was connected, it >>>> would stop. (The projector is not broken; it plays when connected to other >>>> devices.) >>>> >>>> I had two tech-savvy individuals try to get it to play, using mirroring, >>>> VLC, and connecting to an Apple TV in our building's media lab. However, >>>> I am told that: >>>> 1. Because of the Motion PIcture Association of America, Apple has placed >>>> new restrictions on movies downloaded from the iTunes store, and it is no >>>> longer possible to connect them to a projector and play them easily. (This >>>> makes no sense, since from what I understand from others, movies bought >>>> through Google, Amazon, Hulu, etc., play just fine when connected to a >>>> projector.) >>>> 2. The Apple TV must be one that I myself can log onto; essentially, I >>>> cannot use any but my own Apple TV to play my movies. >>>> 3. My only other option is to get an Apple projector. >>>> Is this all accurate? Is there a workaround? >>>> Christine >>>> >>> -- >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
