MacBook – How to connect the MacBook Pro 15″ (2011) to an HDTV

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I just bought a brand new MacBook pro 15-inch model with highest specifications in this June. It is running 10.7 Lion.

How do I connect my MacBook to HD TV? It looks like it has only the "Thunderbolt" connection for "Apple" monitors.

So should I buy this (first variant):

  1. http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H1824ZM/A/Moshi_Mini_DisplayPort_to_HDMI_Adapt er?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MjI2OTg1MTU&s=priceHL

  2. and this http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC838ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTk0MjUwOTU&s=priceHL

or just the second variant:

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H2775ZM/A/Mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI-Cable-5m?fn ode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MjA4MDc2MDY&s=priceHL

P.S.: this writes

"Use to connect your Mac with Mini DisplayPort – Mac mini (Video only),
MacBook (Post May 2010), MacBook Pro (Post March 2010) to a TV or
Monitor with HDMI connections"

So does that mean that it is not suitable for 2011 MacBook Pro model?

Best Answer

I bought the adapter from Apple to get the HDMI output from my MBP (same as yours). You can visit the Apple Store for the adapters - I bought one of each adapter available, as I wanted to be prepared for whatever need I came across. The Thunderbolt port is to be used with the adapters.

I also both several different lengths of HDMI cables.

My TV has several HDMI input ports. The MBP automatically recognizes the TV as another monitor, so the only effort left is to get the TV setup to use that HDMI port as the Source.

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