Do you know what model? Dell makes several. If it's one of the
higher-end ones it should be able to handle just about anything your Mac
can throw at it.
Since you have a MacBook Pro then you can run the internal and external
displays as separate ones or turn on mirroring. As separate displays you
can move a window from your laptop to your big screen. This is handy for
video playback where you want the video on the big screen but the
controls on your little screen. I think Keynote will take advantage of
that, showing your preso on one screen but putting your notes on the other.
CB
VaShaun Jones wrote:
I have a Dell HD TV. What do you think I should be able to set it to?
I also have a Mac Book Pro.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Assuming you just want to mirror what's on your mac to the external
display. You need to go to System Preferences and then Displays under
the Hardware section. The Mac detects what screens are connected at
startup so if you add a screen later you'll need to tell the Mac to
look for it. In the Displays preference panel you'll find a button
that says "Detect Displays". Clicking this should get the mac to
notice you have two screens instead of just one. On some Macs this
screen adds more space but on lower-end macs it just goes into
mirroring automagically. If you have a higher end mac you should now
see another tab in the Display preferences called Arrangement. If you
select that tab you should find a checkbox that says Mirror displays.
Once mirrored you might have to set the resolution to whatever your
two displays can handle. Regular TVs are a very low 640x480 safe area
and fuzzy at that. If you have something nicer it should be able to
handle higher resolutions.
Hope this helps.
CB
Darcy Burnard wrote:
Hmmm, that I can't help you with. Perhapse there's something in the
displays section of system preferences.
Darcy
On 19-Sep-07, at 2:06 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Yes it has a VGA connection on the TV and their is one on the
computer. What I need to know is the keystroke to transfer the
video from the computer directly to the TV. Basically using the TV
as a monitor.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Darcy Burnard"
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Subject: Re: Mac to TV
Hi. I believe this will work. The thing is to get the DVI port
in to something your tv will accept. Does your tv have a vga port
on it, is that how you were doing it before?
Darcy
On 19-Sep-07, at 1:42 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote:
Listers my broken window can connect to my TV using a VGA cord
and by pressing function F8 to display the video. I was
wondering if the Mac has the same setup? I want the video output
to go to my TV so if I need to demonstrate something to a
sighted person I can do so using the TV.
