not to hard to do, if you have an 8820 or 8830 they have a qwerty keyboard. the storm has something similar but is reasonable... the pearl is the one thats to cramped for me.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Donn<dlshum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Dorian Monroe <dorian.mon...@cox.net> > wrote: >> >> Typically all the jacks are color-coded. Your standard vga cables that >> have been used for the last 20ish years are usually blue on the female end. >> >> DVI connections are rectangular like vga, but longer and coded white. Dvi >> connections usually have a whole lotta pins and a single wide flat pin on >> one end. >> >> Svga (or s-video) is a smallish round connection that looks like a ps/2 >> mouse or keyboard port, but its not. Typically not color coded. >> >> Rca connections are usually used on stereo/vcr connections to tvs >> (playstations, etc). You'll see rca cables in one, two, or three (usually) >> cables bundled together. Yellow is coded for video, white is the >> left-channel audio, red is the right-channel audio. The rca cables for some >> camcorders and likely slightly older equipment may only use two cables coded >> yellow (for video) and white for a mono-audio signal (no right/left >> differentiation). On a lot of video cards, I've seen a single yellow rca >> output for video only. >> >> Hdmi connections aren't usually color-coded, I think. Usually black >> squarish dvi-sized connections usually with a clip on each end. Newer tvs >> that support hi def and 1080i/720p signals usually use hdmi. >> >> Video quality from highest to lowest is (in general) hdmi, dvi, vga, svga, >> rca. I don't think you can convert hdmi to usb directly with a single >> cable. You'd likely need some kind of signal conversion box to do it, and >> there'd also likely be a significant hit to video quality. I have an ATI >> usb tv tuner that takes the cable signal from the wall and into the pc via >> usb. Not the greatest, but it works well enough for me. >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my blackberry >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mike havens <bmi...@gmail.com> >> > > Wow. You typed all that on your Blackberry? > > -- > Donn > There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." > -- Dave Barry > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
