----- "David Ross" < [email protected] > wrote: > > solution. The machine sits in a standard Thinkpad port extender with a > > digital (DVI) output, and (as I discovered) DVI and HDMI are compatible > > signals. So a > simple, inexpensive DVI-to-HDMI cable makes the needed > > connection from PC to TV. > > This assumes that the TV has HDMI, or DVI-D or DVI-I inputs. Some older TVs > are only DVI-A compatible.
Well, uh, yeah, it assumes HDMI, but then again given the sophistication of the audience for this list, certain things that go without saying (e.g., that use of an X-to-Y cable requires both an X and a Y type connection). > > > > Added bonus: the switch from normal operation to TV watching can be > > handled by Presentation Manager (unlike the machinations needed with the > > R50/S-Video). For reasons I don't understand, Presentation Manager > > initially limits the DVI output to 1400x1050, which puts the video on the > > screen with a black frame around it, but once hooked up the DVI display > > resolution can be set higher so the image fills the screen. > > You don't want to set the resolution higher, ideally you want to set it to > map 1-1 to the screen, and failing that you want to minimize scaling > artifacts. Most LED TV's - including the ones that are "1080p compatible" - > don't have 1080 actual lines of resolution on their matrix. Personal judgment call. Leaving the resolution at 1400x1050 does give a sharper image, but I really don't like the black border. Given the choice, I prefer the full-screen image. YMMV. _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
