How to set up your mac as your home theater system Pt. 1 connecting a separate monitor or tv

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Posted on 04 January 2010 by wroachbarrette

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Hey guys this is wroachbarrette and i am going to be making a series of videos on how to turn your mac into a home theater system here are the first two videos both dealing with the setup of a second monitor I will be adding some more videos dealing with the set up of a surround sound system including a video on how to create your own sound system now on with the show

Old school mac adaptors

vga- http://www.amazon.com/Mini-DVI-Female-Monitor-Cable-Adapter/dp/B001G8A8AM/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262637616&sr=1-13

dvi- http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Video-adapter-mini-DVI-DVI-D/dp/B000EHRA48/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262637794&sr=1-18

hdmi- http://www.amazon.com/Mini-DVI-32-Pin-19-Pin-Female-Adapter/dp/B001PVUIL4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262637913&sr=1-2

oh and a note on the hdmi you WILL NEED TO BUY some hdmi cable so you can connect it to the tv heres a link to let you know what im talking about if you already have some of this cable then you wont need this http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-6-foot-cable/dp/B0002L5R78/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b

Newer mac adapter

vga- http://www.amazon.com/Premium-DisplayPort-Female-Adapter-Macbook/dp/B002AULS7C/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262638069&sr=1-5

dvi- http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Female-Adapter-Macbook-Laptop/dp/B002HU7O2S/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_c

hdmi- http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Adapter-female-Cable-Apple/dp/B0025V2VO0/ref=pd_bxgy_e_img_b

Dvi to component- http://www.amazon.com/DVI-I-component-Adapter-Switch-Plated/dp/B000Q6T0OK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262654539&sr=8-3

25ft http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-AUD-1380-25-Component-Video/dp/B000F1OSL6/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651037&sr=1-8

12 ft http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-AUD-1380-12-Component-Video/dp/B000F1QV34/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651100&sr=1-7

6 ft http://www.amazon.com/Cables-Unlimited-AUD-1380-06-Component-Video/dp/B000F3Q7HM/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651126&sr=1-4

vga to rca http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=vga+to+rca&x=0&y=0

rca cable

50 ft http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Audio-Video-Cable-50ft/dp/B000V0DY8Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651189&sr=1-3

25 ft http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Audio-Video-Cable-25ft/dp/B000V0BV52/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651189&sr=1-6

12 ft http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Audio-Video-Cable-12ft/dp/B000V0APLI/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651189&sr=1-5

6ft http://www.amazon.com/RiteAV-Audio-Video-RCA-Cable/dp/B000V0DY7U/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1262651189&sr=1-2

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