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Mac mini + Sony Full HD bravia display

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volodymyrqa

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Guys, did any one had troubles with setup of HDTV on Mac mini?

It works, but it seems that signal from Mac is not in HD.
I do not know what may be the reason.
 
Macmini 2011

Yeah, i have a sony bravia fullHD 32" that i use as monitor... When i first connected it to the macmini, using HDMI (both sony and apple cables, it doesnt matter) it looked blurry, i was worried about the tv not having enough resolution or crispiness, but then i plugged it into my macpro, using th dvi to HDMI port adapter and voilá super crisp and beautiful.... I haven't tried the vga to minidsplay port adpter... Maybe it could have different results...
But yes, probably the integrated graphics in the mac mini has some shortcomings...
Good luck!
 
There are a lot of different Sony Bravia displays, but I am running a 2012 Mini on a 50" Sony Bravia on HDMI with no issues. Full 1080P.
 
Ok. So it's outputting 1080p. Good.

I'm suspecting the issue is on the TV end. Not sure what it's called on Sony TV's but looks like it may have overscan compensation going on. If you output the OS X desktop to the TV, do you see both the menu bar at the top of the screen and the dock at the bottom? If not you need to look through the TV menus to turn off overscan compensation.. not sure what it will be called on Sony TV's.

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http://pdf.crse.com/manuals/13HG900111/EN/c_picscrn_size.html

The [Display Area] section is probably what you want to flick through.
 
JootecFromMars said:
Ok. So it's outputting 1080p. Good.
If you output the OS X desktop to the TV, do you see both the menu bar at the top of the screen and the dock at the bottom?
The [Display Area] section is probably what you want to flick through.
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Yup, it shows perfectly. I don't need to resize picture or else. It's just my icons(picture) on desktop not crisp.
Many thanks for the manual, i'll try this today.
 
well i've tried all the options and the picture not sharp as it should be...

this tv do not have full scan option

two days before i've had W808 and somehow it had perfect picture after some adjustments.

If anyone have the solution i'll be really grateful.

Maybe this screen won't show any better picture?

Will try to connect the mini via display port to it somehow...
 
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scbond said:
How close are you sat to the TV? OS X isn't exactly design to be displayed on a 42" TV with the user one or two feet away.
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42 is to big to be used as a monitor. Or you really need to sit at least 1.5-2m away. I'm using 40" on 1m away. Quite nice.

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Big Ben 99 said:
I have read that different types exist: A, C and D.
Which one is to used ?
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i'm not sure, but i've tried another Cable and it did not helped
 
volodymyrqa said:
:p

42 is to big to be used as a monitor. Or you really need to sit at least 1.5-2m away. I'm using 40" on 1m away. Quite nice.
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Well that's my point...you need to be sat well away if using a large display or you'll notice a lot of discrepancies. For example, if you open the Mac App Store for updates you'll notice that gradients look really grainy. For a large TV you really want to be using it as a home theatre machine and not for everyday use...which I'm guessing was your intention anyway.
 
scbond said:
Well that's my point...you need to be sat well away if using a large display or you'll notice a lot of discrepancies.
Click to expand...

Well, it seems you are right. It's strange that i saw less discrepancies on previous TV model 42W808.

Issue is solved i guess. Thank you all for participation in topic.
 
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