On Aug 20, 2010, at 5:01 PM, Cliff Rediger wrote: > > On Aug 18, 1:52 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: >> Try your wife's Acer monitor on the Mini, if you can... > > that's a good idea Bruce. I'll try that next time I'm down in Santa > Barbara. > > On Aug 18, 5:25 pm, Clark Martin <cm...@sonic.net> wrote: >> Open Display Preferences, with resolution set to 1920 x 1080 click > on the Options tab. If it's there try clicking on the Overscan check > box. > > Clark, I don't see an options tab in the 10.4.11 Display Preferences
I think it's a TV only thing. > > On Aug 18, 2:33 pm, Kris Tilford <ktilfo...@cox.net> wrote: >> The problem isn't with the display, the problem is with the G4 >> Mini's video card, it has a limitation that isn't common or well >> known > > Your argument is compelling Kris. > View Sonic finally responded with a list of acceptable resolutions. > 1600 x 1200 @ 60 Hz fills the screen but looks unacceptably stretched. > VS sent me to their online driver download site, but no mac driver was > listed Check the onscreen controls for the option to switch between stretch and 1:1 display. Most (many, some???) LCD monitors have two options when not displaying at the inherent (maximum) resolution. One is to stretch the image to fit the screen. When this it's stretched unequally in both dimensions it can get quite distorted. The other option is to display it at 1:1, one screen pixel to one video pixel. The surrounding area is left black. > Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
