[mythtv-users] Cheapest MacBook now VDPAU-compatible

Douglas Mayle dmayle at dmayle.com
Wed Jan 28 21:50:13 UTC 2009


On Jan 28, 2009, at 4:45 PM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:

> On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
>
>> so I decided to go to the web page for the new Macbooks, looks like
>> they have mini-DisplayPort, *not* mini-DVI, there is a *big*
>> difference!!
>>
>> Does anyone know if the Macbook mini-displayport connector/nvidia
>> chipset is capable of multichannel LPCM output (regardless of where  
>> it
>> was obtained from)?
>
> The white MacBooks still have the mini-DVI port.
> Mini-DisplayPort is kind of annoying - The port itself supports  
> audio, but no adaptors currently support it. There is no mini- 
> DisplayPort->HDMI even though the port is fully capable of it.  
> Typical proprietary crap even though you can license the port for  
> free from Apple, no one has made anything for it except Apple so far.
You've actually got that one wrong... HDMI is typical proprietary  
crap... DisplayPort is an open VESA standard.  Sure, Apple created the  
mini-displayport interface, but it's since been accepted as the open  
VESA standard...

>
>
> -Brad
>
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