It used to be that you could use a mini-DVI to NTSC to 'trick' the mini
into thinking there was a monitor but that stopped working when Apple
dropped the analog signals from their DVI implementation. Really, how
many people still had ntsc or pal TVs and were going to hook them up to
a mini? Well, I'm one of them so the best I could figure out was to get
the miniDVI to VGA adapter and then a VGA to NTSC converter. Now my mini
thinks there is a VGA display hooked up all the time, whether or not the
TV is actually on. Whether you come out ahead cost wise doing this is
another thing, but you'll probably want the VGA hook up anyway.
So depending on which Mini you have you'll either needs the Apple Mini
DVI to VGA adapter for $20
http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9320G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
or the Apple DisplayPort to VGA adapter for $30
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY
I think newer Minis come with both so you could go with the cheaper
MiniDVI to VGA adapter and then a VGA to NTSC adapter. I found a cheap
one which runs off the USB power for $30 here:
http://sewelldirect.com/pc-to-tv.asp
Hope this helps.
CB
Bryan Smart wrote:
If there was an FAQ for this list, the frustrating and repetitious subject of
Minis and monitors would probably be at the top. I know that there is no reason
to assume that newbies should know this, so there is no reason to blast them,
but it gets so old covering this over and over again. We literally seem to have
a thread about it 2 or 3 times a week.
No, the Mini and VoiceOver won't work right without a monitor.
Yes, that's why Safari and other apps always say that they're "busy, busy, busy,
busy".
No, there is no adaptor that you can plug in to it that will fake a monitor
being attached.
No, the Mini isn't supposed to be a portable computer.
No, Apple isn't going to do anything to fix this in the future, as far as we
know.
Don't feel bad, Courtney. Lots of other people assume, like you, that this will
work. It doesn't. No way that you could know without asking in advance. Hope
that this helps and saves time.
Maybe this is reason #1 to start an FAQ for this list?
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com]
On Behalf Of Romack
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:46 PM
To: MacVisionaries
Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?
A couple points to note here:
Ben - Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Rude, much? Consider that new members join this list every day,
and they aren't privi to previous threads, unless they have no social life and sit and
read every message dated back to the conception of this list. Apple picked a name for
this product line that draws the to the assumption that the computer is "mini"
enough to be portable. Consider that not everyone is as informed as you. Okay?
For the sake of this thread, and the notion that Ben may explode in a fiery
ball of rage with what I am about to propose - what if an adapter was plugged
into the display port of the Mini, but no display was actually attached? Could
one purchase some sort of VGA-to-RCA adapter (if one such adapter exists), and
plug it into something portable that receives RCA-in? Just a thought from an
ignorant Apple- head.
romack
www.justinromack.com
twitter.com/justinromack
On May 6, 8:00 am, "Neil James" <nei...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ben, if you had read the post more carefully, perhaps you wouldn't
have been so quick to fly off the handle? The question was if there
exists a portable monitor not how portable the mini is. To answer the
original question though, the smallest monitor I have come across, was
a screen size of 12 inches, so while doable, it isn't exactly a portable monitor.
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" <bmustillr...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor?
Not portable in the sense that you could carry it to work.
How many times do we have to say to people that a mini is not portable?
On 05/05/2010, Courtney Curran <moopiecur...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, are there any
portable monitors like USB monitors or something. I take my Mack
mini to work a lot.
I'm not using any monitor now, Safari seems busy a lot, but is
still very functional.
Thanks,
Courtney
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