czechroman Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Hi there, ive got a monitor with a vga connector and want to connect it up to my mac mini, however i want to know can you get vga to hdmi converters so i can link it up?, many thanks:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greengeek Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-Analogue-VGA-DVI-Adapter/dp/B00006J4LT I presume the Mac Mini has a DVI connector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czechroman Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-Analogue-VGA-DVI-Adapter/dp/B00006J4LT I presume the Mac Mini has a DVI connector. Cheers, but that wouldn't work, it really only has hdmi , thanks though:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weazel2006 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Here is a paragraph that may shine some light for you. Alas, HDMI is fully digital; it has no analog signal. So, while the Apple-supplied HDMI to DVI adapter will drive a DVI monitor, it doesn't carry any of the analog signal necessary to drive a VGA monitor, because the HDMI connector is lacking that signal in the first place. I am seeing that there is a problem converting hdmi to vga, the best advice seems to be one of these. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-ThunderBolt-Package/dp/B005C9U00E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1342649779&sr=8-3 It depends on which version of the Mac Mini you have. According to this Apple Support KB article, older Mac Minis can connect with a normal DVI port, which you can buy a DVI-VGA adapter for. While the generation after that offered Mini DVI and Mini DisplayPort outputs, both of which can be adapted to VGA output. Then immediatly after that there was a generation that offered HDMI and Mini DisplayPort output options, only the Mini DisplayPort could be adapted to VGA output. The current Mac Mini uses HDMI or Thunderbolt(which is compatible with Mini DisplayPort) for output. Only the Mini DisplayPort Thunderbolt output can be adpated to VGA output Hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denomis Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I just bought one of these from discount uk in the drakehouse retail park £4 I also picked up a hdmi to dvi for the same price, I was messing about with an old powermac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czechroman Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Here is a paragraph that may shine some light for you. I am seeing that there is a problem converting hdmi to vga, the best advice seems to be one of these. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-ThunderBolt-Package/dp/B005C9U00E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1342649779&sr=8-3 Hope this helps Many thanks, that helps a lot, looks like I need that then:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
czechroman Posted July 19, 2012 Author Share Posted July 19, 2012 Here is a paragraph that may shine some light for you. I am seeing that there is a problem converting hdmi to vga, the best advice seems to be one of these. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cable-Matters-DisplayPort-ThunderBolt-Package/dp/B005C9U00E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1342649779&sr=8-3 Hope this helps Thanks, that'll be why they don't include one:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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