[mythtv-users] Cheapest MacBook now VDPAU-compatible

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Tue Jan 27 22:30:36 UTC 2009


On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Wade Maxfield <mythtv at hotblack.co.nz> wrote:
> On 26/1/09 6:57 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:14 AM, Yeechang Lee<ylee at pobox.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> The $999 MacBook (the one that's still in the classic white-plastic
>>> shell) has just seen a stealth upgrade
>>> (<URL:http://lowendmac.com/macbook/macbook-white-2009.html>) that,
>>> among other things, gives it the same VDPAU-capable Nvidia 9400M
>>> graphics processor as the unibody MacBooks.
>>
>> sadly, still no HDMI or display port, so your not going to get a whole
>> lot of mileage out of this laptop.
>>
>
> But it does have Mini-DVI, so with Apple's Mini-DVI to DVI adaptor, plus a
> DVI-to-HDMI adaptor you're back in business...

not if you also want to transfer audio which is especially useful for
BluRay or 5.1

so your still not in business.


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Steve
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