filmscanners: OT: Monitor compatability

2001-06-06 Thread Maris V. Lidaka, Sr.
A stupid question no doubt but I have to be sure before I spend the money: I am in the PC world. My son the film student needs a Mac for film editing so I'll get him a Power Mac G4 dual processor. Any concerns in monitor compatibility - i.e. can we just pick the monitor and it will work or

Re: filmscanners: OT: Monitor compatability

2001-06-06 Thread Pat Perez
The connector for Macs and PCs is the same physically, but the pinout or timing is slightly different (think different!), but the good news is that almost all but the lowliest budget monitors come with the Macintosh connector adapter in the box. I am 99% certain the Mitsubishi would (and I really

Re: filmscanners: OT: Monitor compatability

2001-06-06 Thread Collin Ong
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Maris V. Lidaka, Sr. wrote: I am in the PC world. My son the film student needs a Mac for film editing so I'll get him a Power Mac G4 dual processor. Any concerns in Great choice. The dual-processor really cranks through the video rendering. Look around for deals on

Re: filmscanners: OT: Monitor compatability

2001-06-06 Thread Richard N. Moyer
No limitations whatsoever. Monitor cables same as on PC, on new Macs, and most monitor companies send along a DB15 adapter (DB15 to HDDB15) for earlier Macs. There are also some very interesting all digital monitor possibilities, which you can read up on the Apple website. But analog