I have a MacBook air with thunderbolt port and a tv with an HDMI port.
What cable do i need to hook the laptop to the TV? it's not really clear what other names are given to a thunderbolt port- is it also called a 'mini display port'?
Thunderbolt 1 and 2 are fully compatible yes- they use the same cable. The difference is that Thunderbolt can carry a Thunderbolt signal, which is a signal PCI-Express (4 lines).
This is a proper N00b question so apologies.
I have a MacBook air with thunderbolt port and a tv with an HDMI port.
What cable do i need to hook the laptop to the TV? it's not really clear what other names are given to a thunderbolt port- is it also called a 'mini display port'?
Something like this?
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/maplin-white-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-cable-3m-a26xb?cmpid=ppc:computing___office:pla:google&gclid=Cj0KEQjwioHIBRCes6nP56Ti1IsBEiQAxxb5Gy8HYCgJzTJeCL-SI78wP0oqckT6vysN6QN2e2ctHLYaAnQ48P8HAQ