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what cable would i need to show iMac screen on my tv?
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Hi i was wondering what cable i would need to put my iMac screen on my TV.

Say i wanted to watch a movie/video from my iMac what cable would i need? I tried VGA but that only supports video and not sound. What would i need to get Video and Sound?
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You'd most likely need a HDMI adapter
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What A40 said, just get an adapter that changes your current visual cable plug in into an HDMI port.
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First of all you would Need a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter Which can be found here:
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Then you will need any HDMI Lead like the one shown here:
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Then if you want to display Audio from your TV you will need a Mini Toslink Male to Toslink Male Optical Adapter Cable Which can be found here:
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Hope this Helps!
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Didn't you get the cable with you're mac? I did with a mac book
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APX wrote First of all you would Need a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter Which can be found here:
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Then you will need any HDMI Lead like the one shown here:
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Then if you want to display Audio from your TV you will need a Mini Toslink Male to Toslink Male Optical Adapter Cable Which can be found here:
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Hope this Helps!


Thank you for the links and help! And no I never reviewed a cable with my imac
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