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From: JF Mezei on 15 Dec 2009 20:23
I know I can get a :

Mini Display to DVI adaptor and a
DVI to HDMI adaptor.

I know that the Macbook Pro has enopugh humph (just enough) to play a
1080p movie, scaled to fit the 13" screen.

Would it be safe to assume that it could therefore play a 1080p movie
through the mini display port and on an 1080P TV set ?

I'd be willing to convert the movie to MPEG2 which greatly reduces CPU
power required for playback (at cost of much more disk space).

This woudln't be for every day use, just for some special occasions
where I might wish to bring a movie to some friends/family for a
presentation. (since Apple doesn't support BlueRay).

(I have fibre cable for audio).
From: David Empson on 15 Dec 2009 22:44
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:

> I know I can get a :
>
> Mini Display to DVI adaptor and a
> DVI to HDMI adaptor.
>
> I know that the Macbook Pro has enopugh humph (just enough) to play a
> 1080p movie, scaled to fit the 13" screen.
>
> Would it be safe to assume that it could therefore play a 1080p movie
> through the mini display port and on an 1080P TV set ?

Yes. If anything, it may be less work going to 1920x1080 as the image
doesn't have to be scaled down.

My two year old 2 GHz Mac Mini (with Intel GMA950 - low end integrated
graphics) is connected to a 1080p TV (via DVI to HDMI). It can play
1080i H.264 but I haven't tried 1080p seriously (seemed to work in one
brief test).

A MacBook Pro with Mini Displayport must have at least an NVIDIA GeForce
9400M, so it may be able to get hardware assistance for decoding H.264.
It will be faster than my Mini even without that.

> I'd be willing to convert the movie to MPEG2 which greatly reduces CPU
> power required for playback (at cost of much more disk space).
>
> This woudln't be for every day use, just for some special occasions
> where I might wish to bring a movie to some friends/family for a
> presentation. (since Apple doesn't support BlueRay).
>
> (I have fibre cable for audio).

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
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