Hey. First i want to apologize for my bad english. Soon i will buy an iMac - the 21,5' version. I nave an old 29 CRT Samsung TV with S - video input, scart input and RCA input. My idea was to connect the iMac with the TV through the S - video input by using the apple's video adapters Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter and Apple DVI to Video Adapter. But when i saw the pictures of these adapters i saw that my idea is impossible, because the connection between them is impossible because of the 4 additional pins in one of the adapters - Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter. My question is how can i connect my TV with the iMac through the s - video port on my TV?
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A VGA to S-Video cable will not work. You will need a converter box that converts VGA signals to S-Video. So you need to buy a Mini-Displayport to VGA adapter and a VGA to S-Video converter box.
http://www.grandtec.com/products/video/untimateEZ.html
http://www.grandtec.com/products/video/untimateEZ.html
You need this adapter + a third-party converter (as G-Force mentioned above) + an S-Video cable.
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