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    Early 08 MBP to HDTV: How do I get sound?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kthung, Jul 14, 2009.

  1. kthung

    kthung Notebook Guru

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    Hi everyone,
    I have an early 08 MBP (non unibody) and I want to hook it up to my samsung HDTV to play movies. I have a DVI to HDMI cable that covers video and it works fine but so far that makes it work like a really REALLY big monitor. Since DVI doesn't output sound what do I use to get the sound to output to the tv as well?

    Does this work?
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882339090

    I notice in one of the reviews one person states they used this to connect their MBP to their HDTV, I was just wondering if it would work for my model as well?
     
    kthung, Jul 14, 2009
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  2. J12

    J12 Notebook Evangelist

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    What you linked to will work if your TV has optical in or you are plugging it into a amp.
     
    J12, Jul 14, 2009
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  3. kthung

    kthung Notebook Guru

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    I believe it does, thanks J12
     
    kthung, Jul 15, 2009
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