My Latest Acquisition

[Wes]

Just would like to show off my new tv :D. Thanks to those of you who helped me choose the dvi->vga cable. Here is the end result. My Powermac on a 43inch screen running at 1280x768. Looks brilliant, crystal clear and bright (you can't tell in the picture). Once again :D :D :D

[MontanaMacster]

I'm so f$%&*#g jealous. looks great

[wdlove]

Congratulations, W-_-W that's a great setup. Is it a plasma HDTV? What are the 2 boxes under the TV? Was the cost around $12,000?

[arn]

Originally posted by W-_-W
Just would like to show off my new tv :D. Thanks to those of you who helped me choose the dvi->vga cable. Here is the end result. My Powermac on a 43inch screen running at 1280x768. Looks brilliant, crystal clear and bright (you can't tell in the picture). Once again :D :D :D

nice... how much was the tv? make/model?

arn

[Wes]

Originally posted by wdlove
Congratulations, W-_-W that's a great setup. Is it a plasma HDTV? What are the 2 boxes under the TV? Was the cost around $12,000?

Yes HDTV, box on the right is the tuner that it came with, and on the right is my dvd player. I got the tv for about £4600 with 5 year warranty, stand and etc.

[Wes]

Originally posted by arn


nice... how much was the tv? make/model?

arn

It's a Pioneer PDP-433HDE

[Sun Baked]

Glad it worked out

The manual for those displays were a little vague about that stuff - though it did say, plug and play compatible with the Mac.

That hookup section for computers was horrible in the one I looked at.

[wdlove]

W-_-W, was it easy to set, compatability? Did the Mac & TV come with the needed items? Do you also use a keyboard & mouse? Do you happen to have a web site where additional information is available?

[medea]

very nice setup. hey this gives me an idea.....


http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17783

[Wes]

Originally posted by wdlove
W-_-W, was it easy to set, compatability? Did the Mac & TV come with the needed items? Do you also use a keyboard & mouse? Do you happen to have a web site where additional information is available?

I put a thread a while back asking which cables I should get to hook them up. In the end I got a £19.50 Dvi to vga cable. It was just a matter of plugging the two in. I started up the mac and bingo the screen turned on and everything. All I had to do was change it from 800x600 to the higher res.

I used my wireless logitech mouse which you can see beside the tv.

[wdlove]

Do you happen to use Eye TV or the like?

[exbox]

nice setup. one question, though.

Don't plasma screens get burn-ins if you leave an image on them that doesn't change?

[3rdpath]

too nice. something like that would be choice in my studio.

now if i could just convince the nanny to work for free for a few months...;)

[Wes]

Originally posted by wdlove
Do you happen to use Eye TV or the like?

Nah, but I can watch tv and use the computer at the same time. It can display two inputs at once.

[Wes]

Originally posted by exbox
nice setup. one question, though.

Don't plasma screens get burn-ins if you leave an image on them that doesn't change?

I don't think so. I heard a few weeks ago that burn-ins stopped being a problem a few years ago. I read screens could take a hundred hours or so and be fine.

[3777]

Originally posted by W-_-W


Nah, but I can watch tv and use the computer at the same time. It can display two inputs at once.

Does that have Satellite tv too? That's an incredible setup anyway.

[Wes]

Originally posted by 3777


Does that have Satellite tv too? That's an incredible setup anyway.

It can, I have digital tv, but it's not satellite. You *just* see the DV3 decoder by Person X's leg.