Questions about using with HDTV: Has anyone used a Mac Mini as a living room computer?
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Upon receipt of my Mac Mini, I immediately hooked it to our Panasonic 32" HDTV. It's a CRT, about 3 years old, with a DVI input. The picture is fuzzy, by computer monitor standards, but usable if all you want to do is watch video. In fact, video quality (using QuickTime) is quite good. Most of the videos I watch are Divx, with a resolution of 624x352, or better. They look about as good as DVDs. And QT gives an easy way to make them fill the screen. I copied the Front Row remote commands to my universal remote, allowing me to pause/play and forward/reverse the program without touching a mouse. So far, the computer has been flawless. It hasn't yet been connected to a real computer monitor. Also, I bought a large external HD and that's where I keep all the videos.
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Well, on my Mac Mini, I have another Thunderbolt cable and an HDMI cable. The extra curved part of the cable shroud they added makes it impossible to plug it in - it either jams against the HDMI cable or against the other Thunderbolt cable. So couldn't even try it out. This may only apply to the Mac Mini, and only if you have both of the other cables plugged in.
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I was misled by some of these answers, at least for macs ... if you use the DVI cable in the box with a standard minidisplay port to DVI adapter (less than $20), you won't be able to go over 1920x1200. You need a mini display port to display port cable or a mini display port and DUAL LINK DVI adapter (about $90+) to get this to work at 2560x1440 resolution on os x.
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If you have an HDMI out - then yes directly. You have a DisplayPort/Thunderbolt - then get a DisplayPort-HDMI adapter - then you can connect it, this is how I connected my parents mac mini to their HD TV. Sound is separate in this case. If you are also looking for sound to travel - The best route may be use an AppleTV and send your display to the AppleTV.
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If you turn display detection off on the xbox 360 it will then switch correctly. Never notice if it turned off or not. I never got it to work with the Mac Mini. I am very happy with my Onkyo though
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I have a macbook pro computer with minidisplayport on computer and use cable to attach to any hdmi tv with no problems. Make sure in preferences you select to turn audio on because it also comes out of the cable. :)
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i connect my mac pro to the tv. you just need the hdmi and the mac adaptor.
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Yes, if you're macbook has an HDMI out port. I have this machine(tv) hooked up to my windows PC and it does an outstanding job in 1080p resolution. Highly recommended!
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We have ours hooked up to a Mac, and have had no problems at all. Very pleased!
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Hi Thank you for your interest. Yes we can't guarantee the compatibility with Mac Mini. Because some buyer's But if you want to connect the monitor with Mac Mini, you have to purchase DPmulti model. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ISQ9B3A http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L7KCM3U But you need MiniDisplayport to Displayport cable. Thank you.
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I connected a Mac mini directly to the TV using the VGA cable. I logged into Netflix. I clicked on an instant play movie. I was asked to install the Silverlight plugin, which I did. And then voila! It worked perfectly. This should work just as well with any Intel-based computer. Now if I could only figure out how to connect the TV to the computer wirelessly.
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Yes, and it worked out fine for displaying images and else. But not the brightness adjustment and auto-rotate though. That's Mac's compativity issue, not the monitor's.
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Can't speak to your exact model of mac-mini or OS version, but I burned a 50Gb blu-ray data disk from a 2.6 i7 mini running mountain lion without any special installation.
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I'm sure you could set up Roku with it. My complaint was centered about its wireless capability not being compatible with Mac systems. If you don't have Mac, you can just wirelessly stream everything from your computer to the TV (no need for an HDMI cord). If you can do that, then no need for Roku, right?
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Used with 2012 Mac MINI and it works perfectly, but you have to make sure you go into the television's menu and set it for "PC" input, which removes most processing and gives the best picture. Then it will be as good as any mac monitor, I used HDMI input, also with a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter (Griffin) and used this with MacBook Air 2012. Works perfectly, but the viewing angles are bad, and that "Magic Angle" is annoying. I upgraded to the UN32EH5000 and it's leaps and bounds better, without any "Magic Angle" nonsense, but can just naturally be seen clearly from all extreme angles. It also works seamlessly with my Macs. Used with 2012 Mac MINI and it works perfectly, but you have to make sure you go into the television's menu and set it for "PC" input, which removes most processing and gives the best picture. Then it will be as good as any mac monitor, I used HDMI input, also with a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter (Griffin) and used this with MacBook Air 2012. Works perfectly, but the viewing angles are bad, and that "Magic Angle" is annoying. I upgraded to the UN32EH5000 and it's leaps and bounds better, without any "Magic Angle" nonsense, but can just naturally be seen clearly... » Read More Used with 2012 Mac MINI and it works perfectly, but you have to make sure you go into the television's menu and set it for "PC" input, which removes most processing and gives the best picture. Then it will be as good as any mac monitor, I used HDMI input, also with a Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter (Griffin) and used this with MacBook Air 2012. Works perfectly, but the viewing angles are bad, and that "Magic Angle" is annoying. I upgraded to the UN32EH5000 and it's leaps and bounds better, without any "Magic Angle" nonsense, but can just naturally be seen clearly from all extreme angles. It also works seamlessly with my Macs. « Show Less
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That is all depending on how your budget is ... under ideal configuration, An Apple Monitor would be the best option, but we are all aware that they tend to run close to 4 digits, at least ... and that is not always within a regular John Dow's Budget. the nice thing with this unit is that it has inbuild HDMI option, so in absence of better options, just use your regular HDTV ... it should do just fine.
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After looking at the specifications for a mac mini, under the video support section it has a VGA and DVI. Audio has HDMI. This monitor has VGA, DVI, and HDMI ports. I would say yes, you can use it with a mac mini. However apple being apple, you will need to buy their type of adapter for whichever port you want to use.