Connection Macbook Air to HDMI on tv

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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Can someone please help me with a question concerning what cable/cord I need to connect a brand new Macbook Air SSD 128 gig hd to our LCD tv. We like Hulu.com and would like to watch movies through our Macbook to the television connection. Thank you for all you help in advance.

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    oakieoakie Posts: 35member
    a mini display port to hdmi female dongle.



    apple doesnt make one, but you can get a high quality one from moshimonde.com or griffintechnology.com
  • Reply 2 of 4
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by oakie View Post


    a mini display port to hdmi female dongle.



    apple doesnt make one, but you can get a high quality one from moshimonde.com or griffintechnology.com



    Or one that does exactly the same thing for a third of the price from monoprice.com.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    mrtotesmrtotes Posts: 760member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by question View Post


    Can someone please help me with a question concerning what cable/cord I need to connect a brand new Macbook Air SSD 128 gig hd to our LCD tv. We like Hulu.com and would like to watch movies through our Macbook to the television connection. Thank you for all you help in advance.



    As the others have said just get a MiniDisplayPort to HDMI adaptor. You'll want to make sure you get one of the ones that carry Audio as well as video. Many of the cheap adaptors are video only.



    One Example from Amazon



    For those with earlier MiniDisplayPort Macs (i.e. mid-2009 13" MBP) you need audio connection seperate at the Mac end:



    MDP - HDMI w/USB Audio





    regards



    mrtotes
  • Reply 4 of 4
    marciokokomarciokoko Posts: 1member
    I had a 2009-MBA connected to an RCA HDMI tv via a miniDVI-to-HDMI connector. It worked perfectly.



    I recently switched to a new MBA-2011 with thunderbolt and I read I could use the exact same connector. It works but:



    a. the image if I recall correctly, seemed much better on my old MBA, which shouldn't be.



    b. my screen on the tv is not sized correctly and doesn't fit. I can't see the left or right edges of my computer screen on the tv. Each side is about 10-20 pixels short.



    any ideas?
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