On Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:36:10 -0700 John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net> dijo:
>On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 10:58:18 -0700 >Michael Dexter <dex...@ambidexter.com> dijo: > >>Out speaker this week would prefer use a latest 'n' greatest laptop >>with HDMI output. The venue has VGA. >> >>Being a digital to analog conversion, this is non-trivial. See the >>dozen or so $8 cables on Amazon with one star. :( >> >>I have seen smart adapters for about $100. >> >>Has anyone used one? >> >>Can anyone bring one? > >If I recall correctly, the projector in the room has an HDMI input. The >electronics in the podium are VGA only, but if you have a long enough >HDMI cable you can just stand on a table and plug it directly into the >back of the projector, bypassing the podium. > >This will also give you better resolution, as the podium dumbs >everything down to 1024 x 768. > >I don't recall the make and model of the projector, but it was >discussed here a couple years ago when I did my presentation on I just looked up the discussion from November, 2010. The projector is a Hitachi CP-SX1350. The original MSRP was $15,000! Details are here: http://www.projectorcentral.com/Hitachi-CP-SX1350.htm After looking at the above page I'm not sure if it has an HDMI input. I do know that its native resolution (what it projects) is 1400 x 1050, and it will accept input up to 1600 x 1200. When I connected my laptop to it directly with a VGA cable xrandr immediately noted that a monitor at 1400 x 1050 was available. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
