Following the discussions here, I think the VGA adapter is the next logical step. I don't know though how good the quality will be when you run this through the AV link cable. I might consider a different approach, I would take a look at Apple TVs that sync wirelessly with Itunes on your mini mac. Or I would manage my content on a network shared drive and access it through a hacked apple tv which is essentially what I am doing right now.

Cheers

JK

Hi Mark

I have exactly your same setting and your same problem:

- Beosystem 3

- Mac mini connected to the Beosystem 3 through hdmi (with the mini-display port to dvi adapter); and wanted to connect it to an analog connection to access it through the link system - had no read this post and bougth the mini-dvi to video adapter, but, as you say, does not work (do you know why?).

Were you finally able to solve the problem? Any suggeestions? It'd be great to have the mac mini linked to other tvs....

Many thanks

Luis

herbold wrote:

My next guess is to use the mini-dvi to VGA adapter and connect that to the VGA port on my BeoSystem3.

I believe the mini-DVI to VGA will not work with the most modern MacBooks (sorry I don't know about the various MacMini generations) because the VGA is also essentially analogue.

There are black boxes to take the mini-DVI and covert that to VGA -- but to my tastes they are expensive.  I believe you will find them discussed on threads back when Apple made this move to "simplify" production costs by dropping analogue processing.

I like the concept of distributed Apple TVs, and have been only recently (last 48 hours!) started wondering whether to use that approach for myself.