Mini DisplayPort to HDMI
As I’ve mentioned before, I’ve abandoned broadcast television via cable or dish for distribution via Internet. I’m doing this primarily through streaming Netflix and AppleTV. But because of Hulu contributors, their fight with Boxee, and their archaic position that folks shouldn’t watch TV on their TV’s, it’s somewhat difficult to access a limited number of shows.
The solution? A $69 cable from Kanex - simply display your web content on your TV. This had been a bit difficult with Apple’s implementation of the MiniDisplayPort - there were adaptors to HDMI and audio but you needed separate cabling. This resolves all that and puts it into one tandem cable. Not as convenient as simply viewing Hulu content via Boxee, but it does the trick…
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Sam,
I use my mini as a tiny music server (and stream music to my office using Simplify) as well as video device. For my home listening pleasure, I output audio through a USB cable to a Cambridge Audio DacMagic which, in turn, outputs through RCA cables. The advantage to this little device is that it produces much better audio than the little d/a converter in my Mac Mini. It costs a bit more, but the sound is better and the DacMagic has flashing blue lights, which are always cool.
Bill