{"id":180,"date":"2010-04-14T00:43:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T22:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grimstveit.no\/jakob\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2010-04-16T09:09:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T07:09:52","slug":"macbook-pro-2010-edition-now-with-audio-out-using-mini-displayport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grimstveit.no\/jakob\/blog\/2010\/04\/14\/macbook-pro-2010-edition-now-with-audio-out-using-mini-displayport\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook Pro, 2010 edition – now with audio out using Mini DisplayPort"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In September 2008 I bought a aluminum 13,3″ MacBook<\/a> (“unibody”). It was not cheap, but still it must have been the best purchase of technology for me – ever. The laptop – which I’m currently using to write this post – is small enough to use anywhere, and big enough to use for more than check your email (that did not apply to the 7″ 701 Eee PC<\/a> I had a few years back).<\/p>\n

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No laptop will of course ever become “perfect”, and one thing I have been sorely missing from my MacBook, is the ability to use it as a full-fledged media center for my television\/surround system. The MacBooks does not have an HDMI<\/a> connector, but have went for the Mini DisplayPort<\/a> instead, which haven’t supported audio out, only video. It does not help that the DisplayPort 1.1a specification<\/a> explicitly states support for this when the hardware in the MacBook Pro does not supply an audio signal :-).<\/p>\n

But now, as of 13th April 2010, this is no longer a problem. Today Apple launched their new line of MacBook Pros, which now supports an audio out signal in their Mini DisplayPort connectors.<\/p>\n

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Now I just need a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable<\/a> (ordered), an Apple Remote<\/a> (ordered) and a new i7 15″ MacBook Pro<\/a> (not ordered), and I’m all set! :-D.<\/p>\n

On a sidenote: I love Wikipedia<\/a>. Since the news about support for audio out on Mini DisplayPort appeared today, Wikipedia had not been updated to reflect this fact. Well, since I knew all about it, it was my netizen duty to update that information<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Update 16apr10: This also got some press attention, both on the norwegian site Hardware.no<\/a> and over at reputable Ars Technica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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