Will Macbook eventully come with HDMI?

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:14

I have just though about this... As I have seen Laptop starting to have HDMI port on them to play back HD Movies that been downloaded. NOW this has just hit my mind and Making it hard for me again god LIFE is hard.

I dont think the current Macbook have HD compatibility has it like Laptops do? Any idea on this... Or should i just go and B++++Y buy one?

Will_3rd · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:18

it is very unlikely that the Macbook will be armed with an HDMI port, you can connect it to HDMI via the mini-DVI port.

bigredshark · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:18

well, hdmi is largely just dvi with a different connection, though you do get sound through the connection as well. copy protection will possibly be an issue one day but at the moment there's little difference between the two.

Rooky007 · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:21

Now that is good

so I can just connect it using DVI to HDMI and do apple supply such cable? And this is just as good? Sorry about all these questions need to make sure my hard earn cash is well spent

Beepcake · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:29

Rookies said:
Now that is good so I can just connect it using DVI to HDMI and do apple supply such cable? And this is just as good? Sorry about all these questions need to make sure my hard earn cash is well spent

There's no direct cable AFAIK. You'll need a Mini-DVI->DVI Cable then a DVI->HDMI convertor. Obviously you would just need a DVI cable and DVI->HDMI convertor if it's the Pro.

A lot of TVs report their resolutions wrongly when you hook them up to computers though so some messing around with DisplayConfigX (or equivilent) might be needed to get the right res and aspect ratio without losing a chunk of screen to overscan.

bigredshark · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:33

you can get a cable with dvi on one end and hdmi on the other which will work, obviously with a macbook you'll need an adaptor as well and as said, you may need to play with resolution..