The new MAC-book Pro's video out is not a "mini-DVD" but it's an all digital output called mini-DisplayPort. To connect to a BV3 I guess you should be looking for a mini-Displayport to SCART adapter...

There are adapters from mini-Displayport to HDMI or VGA or DVI....but not SCART....

Also when checking the various macforums, I found none, except these remarks:

"You need the mini displayport to video adapter, and a mini jack to phono cable for the audio. Connect to a scart socket using one of those scart adapters with 3 phonos on the back of it "

and

"Unfortunately, Apple probably expects you to use Mini-DP to DVI, then DVI to Video. "

Thank you for that, I'll need to research those connectors but it may end up as a deal breaker!

There are some VGA to scart converters for about 30 pounds in the UK.

There are not just adaptors but boxes and need to be connected to the mains, as they need to re-scale the picture.

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Yaeger wrote:

"You need the mini displayport to video adapter, and a mini jack to phono cable for the audio. Connect to a scart socket using one of those scart adapters with 3 phonos on the back of it "

and

"Unfortunately, Apple probably expects you to use Mini-DP to DVI, then DVI to Video. "

The mini-DP to DVI adapter is, probably, DVI-D (digital) only, where the 'old' DVI-I to S-video or composite adapter needs a DVI-I (digital/analog) connector. The two connectors will not mate in this case.

You could try a 'dumb' VGA to S-video and composite cable, I don't believe the Apple DVI-I to Video adapter is much more, but there might be some intelligent electronic bit inside that tells the port that it has a video adapter attached, instead of a VGA output.

Using a scan converter is the sure-fire way out, but you may lose some picture quality because of it. Depending on your TV model, a VGA to SCART cable (usually meant for component over SCART in the other direction) may also work, if the TV supports RGB-SCART input.

This sounds like its getting a bit complicated for someone like myself who isn't an electronics whizz!  My fear is getting the new computer and all the other stuff and not being able to get it to work properly.  I think I may keep what I've got and wait until I upgrade my Avant and hopefully the digital output from the MacBook Pro will be accepted by the BV7 without any electrical acrobatics.  Thanks for the advice, it means I don't have to have earnest discussions with the Minister for War and Finance about it for a while!  

a good review is here

Cliff  -  the mini display port is really aimed at users that feel the need to connect up to the link

this maybe a better option than buying a BV7   😮

on the other hand, do what my mum does, she has a MacBook Pro and simply copies all her digital video content to an external USB hard drive, then unhooks the drive and connects it to a , which is always connected to her Avant using the Camcord sockets ( on the back of the TV at the top right hand side)

Thanks, Ouverture, for your help.  I will study the review and see how easy it is to set things up.  I am intrigued by the Sony device that your Mum uses.  It is about $150 here in Australia.  I am not sure how you copy stuff across, do you connect it to your computer so you can use the screen to find and transfer your files?  Cliff

I just spoke to my mum, she uses DivX on her Mac laptop (the laptop is in her office) to encode all types of digital video, she saves ( copies )  the content to an external USB hard drive, she then removes the drive, walks over to the lounge and attaches it to the SMP-U10 ( which is permanently connected to the camcorder phono leads at the back of the Avant TV) , then she uses the Sony remote to play all this content on her Avant 32 in the living room with the grand kids :-)

She tells me that the