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09-27-2006, 04:40 PM | #1 |
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Wide screen monitor is great
I recently bought a 1680x1050 monitor and I'm in heaven with the extra "real estate". This is my first DVI monitor too. I like it, but when my screen saver wakes up, I get the "DVI" message on top of windows for the longest time until it goes away. I have learned that if I hit the menu button on the monitor twice it will go away. I wish I didn't have to do that. I'm thinking about disabling the screen saver all together so that the signal will never go way to begin with. It's when the signal comes back that the "DVI" square appears for about 60 seconds or longer.
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09-27-2006, 05:07 PM | #2 |
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I have the samething with mine but it doesn't bother me. I just hit the enter key/space bar whatever and the screen comes back. I got a wide screen a few months ago and I love it. My fiance has a mac wide screen not sure if he has dvi or not I have a pc.
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09-27-2006, 06:51 PM | #4 |
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Mine is a viewsonic and it says no signal in the center of my screen and doesn't take that long to come back it's only seconds.
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I called up Gateway and told them of the problem, but they were not much help. They wanted me to install their software and I'm thinking, software for a monitor? Anyway I tried to install it and it hung my computer... LOL |
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09-27-2006, 10:13 PM | #6 |
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A yea, hi.
yea, I don't have that problem. that must be a drag
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Luckily, the MBPro has the camera which is a blast to play with along with Photobooth. But what does dvi stand for? I am trying to learn to connect my computer to the TV so I can show my students things and I got a dvi connector which plugs into the computer, then another cord plugs into that and into the RCA port on the TV. The picture is so-so. I've been told to use S-video instead. Do all of the newer TVs come with S-video? The one I have at work doesn't have it. But I am supposed to be getting a new one. I have a bit of a wire phobia, LOL! I feel so dumb about this stuff. Thank God for Apple which at least is very user-friendly and I don't have to worry about viruses or spyware or a lot of freezing and crashing. It is SO elegant. And the Mac and PC guys commercials are so true. I've used both platforms and Apple is definitely a lot more fun!
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TV's: Composite Video - RCA jack - 2 conductors - worst choice S-Video - mini-din jack - 5 conductors - separates color signals on same cable Component video - RCA or BNC jacks - Separate cables for each color signal Computers: SVGA – D connector – the old style common monitor connector (analog) Mac Video – various proprietary connectors but basically the same (analog) Now comes the convergence of TV’s and Computer Interfacing: DVI - Digital Video Interface – Video only used by computers and TV’s HDMI – Same as DVI plus more signals for things like audio and remote control. Used mainly on new TV’s. |
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10-08-2006, 12:43 AM | #9 | |
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Thanks for the information!
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DVI and HDMI
DVI and HDMI are electrically identical, so adapter cables are easy and cheap to make. An HDMI cable is nothing more than a digital DVI cable with a differently-shaped connector and extra pins for audio.
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10-08-2006, 07:54 PM | #11 |
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yeah what joepole said. I just buy the DVI or HDMI cable at Best Buy or Circuit City, but you can save by ordering online. The cables and adapters cost more than they should. (as much as my DVI graphics card, LOL)
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Retail cables
It you buy cables at a retail store you are a sucker. Doubly so if you buy ones with the word "Monster" anywhere on them.
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10-09-2006, 08:43 AM | #13 |
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Sixxty second delay to long to wait
I don't know how old your are but there was a day not that long ago that
a 286 XT with a 10 meg hard drive was a real good thing. High speed has made us into spoiled children. Rhertz must be a very young person but I can tell you are on the cutting edge of computer age. My children have long passed me on computers with there young minds and the fact they where raised with a key board in there hand has been good for there education and mine too. |
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welcome to the widescreen world.
I've got a pair of 20" widescreen Dell 2005fpw displays on my PowerMac and I won't give them up for anything... except maybe two 30" displays. Once you go dual and get used to it, nothing less will do. Regardless, I'm sure you'll find that the extra screen space is really handy, and almost necessary at times. You'll wonder how you lived without it before. |
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