Take the 2-minute tour ×  I have a late 2008 MacBook so I know
that if I want to connect my laptop to a tv I need two cables:
one for video and one for audio (while in newer models this
issue is bypassable via appropriate adapters). So using the hdmi
port of the mini would make my life easier.  Are there any other
advantages?  For example when I first connected my laptop I
needed to do some fiddling around with the displays settings to
achieve a decent output: would that be necessary with the mini
as well?  I've been using laptops for so long I forgot what it's
like not having a display already embedded in your computer!
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down vote accepted  In quality terms, HDMI is identical to DVI,
but some TVs see DVI as a "computer input" and HDMI as a "media
input", and may give you slightly different options. I'd have a
quick search online to see if anyone's used your model TV with a
Mac Mini, just to make sure.  By the way, unless you're running
it a great