Although users are satisfied with the MacBook Pro, on the dedicated forums many of them are confronted with the next problem: they have an old television and they cannot connect the television to the MacBook Pro.
Apples has taken out he mini DIVI port and replaced it with a mini display port. But this is not a problem for those with a high definition televisions that could still run the display port right to their TV. It is more of a problem for people with analog television who can't hook it up because the display port only carries digital signal. Many voices say that it can't be done, that it involves too much money or that Apple will never bring up an adapter for it to work.
Next, you can follow a step by step presentation that will enable you to connect your television to the MacBook Pro. The main problem is that the majority of MacBook or Macbook Pro users don't know how to take a digital signal and connect it to their old television.
The first thing you have to do is buy a converter box which can take the digital signal and put it into analog form so that your old television can work. The converter box has a VGA port in and out, it has a VGA port, S video and composite video . On the side, the box has a power source which will be connected to the USB. That means that instead of using DVI you are going to have to get the mini display port to VGA cable which costs around $30. So, you have to get the Apple mini display to VGA adapter which it can be purchased from Apple website. Then, you need a way to connect your VGA adapter to the TV converter box. This can be done by connecting a VGA to VGA cable. The VGA cable will be connected to the converter box . From the converter box you can choose between VGA, S Video or RCA composite video- which is the typical yellow cable. You can choose the RCA cable if it fits better you television. In order to do that, you have to connect an RCA cable to the converter box and then to your television. Now, your television is connected to the MacBook Pro and you can watch on television the picture transmitted by the notebook, from digital to analogue.
The process itself is rather easy for those who know about the converter box. This is practically the key to the entire process. Now, with these information it is very easy to fulfill your wish to watch on your television what you have on your MacBook Pro.