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I have several HDMI cables ranging in quality. I use the external monitor as my only monitor. On my desk, I have my laptop on a Twelve South Bookarc stand and I keep it closed. To be honest, I didn’t bother trying the VGA connection to test differences in quality. I was not about to connect my MBP through a VGA connection and loose valuable quality so I opted to connect through HDMI. My monitor is a 27″ Samsung S27A350H which offers an HDMI and VGA input.

However, in making this change to HDMI I encountered a few problems. The extra features an Apple Cinema Display offer are nice, but I can live without them. My eye (even with glasses on) can’t tell much of a difference between an Apple Cinema Display and a Samsung. Samsung Monitors are very high quality and a fraction of the price. I have used Samsung Monitors for a few years now since selling my 30″ Apple Cinema Display before they were discontinued. I found it very laggy (unusable for text editing) over WiFi in Control Mode, so you may want to try going over Ethernet if possible.I recently started using my Samsung Monitor through an HDMI connection rather than DVI.

You may have to adjust the resolution in VNC and on your MacBook to get it fit properly on your TV. Connect your PC to your TV and simply drag the VNC window over onto the TV or, if you're in mirrored mode, you should be good to go.

#Is it fine to put hdmi to mac and dvi to pc password#

Open RealVNC, type in the IP address, it will warn you that it's not encrypted, continue, enter the password you specified earlier. Find your MacBook's IP address from your router or the "Network" section in your System Preferences. Two free clients come to mind, RealVNC and TightVNC.

#Is it fine to put hdmi to mac and dvi to pc install#

On your PC, you have to install a VNC client or viewer.

Open System Preferences -> Sharing -> enable "Screen Sharing" or on older versions of OS X, "Apple Remote Desktop" -> go to "Computer Settings" or "Access Privileges…" -> check off "VNC viewers may control screen with password: " and set a good password.

In your MacBook's System Preferences (since OS X Tiger), you can enable a VNC server.

If you really want to give it a shot, here's what I suggest:

#Is it fine to put hdmi to mac and dvi to pc software#

To do what you're asking, relaying through your PC, would require some sort of screen sharing or remote desktop software (over the network, not over USB) but would be more trouble than it's worth and would likely be unsatisfactory if you wanted to do anything graphics intensive (watching a movie, gaming, etc.). Sites like and DX.com offer very inexpensive cables that are of no lesser quality to the ones found in big box stores and at the Apple store. If you were looking to save money by not buying more adapters and cables and you're serious about using your MacBook with your TV, just buy the right cables and/or adapters.

HDMI to HDMI can be found on Monoprice for around $3.00.

DVI to HDMI ( Monoprice, $3.33, doesn't carry audio).

miniDP to HDMI ( Monoprice, $6.85 + HDMI cable).

Older non-unibody MacBooks could use a DVI-to-HDMI converter or cable. If you have a newer Retina MacBook Pro, you can just use a plain old HDMI cable. If you have a Unibody MacBook Pro, you could use a mini DisplayPort to HDMI converter. First off, I suggest just going for the appropriate adapter for your MacBook.