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Monitor for mac pro

Telp

Telp

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Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here goes. I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro and a 30" monitor for it. When at the Sony store it hit me that if i could find a TV with input for the Mac Pro, then I would have the possability of buying a larger screen for possibly cheaper. I would want it full HD. I have been looking online, but basically, if anyone has any suggestions of a larger (31"+) screen that has input for a Mac Pro and is cheaper than the Apple 30" monitor, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.


-Telp
 
Just about any LCD TV has HDMI and DVI these days. As long as either of these ports are available, you can use it with a Mac Pro.

I just took a quick look at the supported resolutions on my Mac Pro with nVidia 8800GT and didn't see 1920x1080, though... Not sure which resolutions the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT supports.
 
pastrychef said:
Just about any LCD TV has HDMI and DVI these days. As long as either of these ports are available, you can use it with a Mac Pro.

I just took a quick look at the supported resolutions on my Mac Pro with nVidia 8800GT and didn't see 1920x1080, though... Not sure which resolutions the ATI Radeon HD 2600XT supports.
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But if the ACD is higher res wouldnt it not make a difference?
 
pastrychef said:
Huh? I thought you said you wanted to use a full HD TV. Full HD = 1920x1080 resolution.

If you want to use a 30" ACD, that would be 2560x1600. Yes, the 8800GT supports that resolution.
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Yeah, and if full HD is lower res than the monitor...Than it should easily support it.
 
I don't think you understand what I'm saying... In the display preferences of the 8800GT, these are the resolutions listed as available:

640x480
640x480 (stretched)
800x500
800x600
800x600 (stretched)
1024x640
1024x768
1024x768 (stretched)
1280x800
1280x960
1280x960 (stretched)
1344x840
1344x1008
1344x1008 (stretched)
1600x1000
1600x1200
1600x1200 (stretched)
1920x1200
1920x1440
2048x1280
2048x1536
2560x1600

As you can see, 1920x1080 is NOT one of the options.
 
pastrychef said:
I don't think you understand what I'm saying... In the display preferences of the 8800GT, these are the resolutions listed as available:

640x480
640x480 (stretched)
800x500
800x600
800x600 (stretched)
1024x640
1024x768
1024x768 (stretched)
1280x800
1280x960
1280x960 (stretched)
1344x840
1344x1008
1344x1008 (stretched)
1600x1000
1600x1200
1600x1200 (stretched)
1920x1200
1920x1440
2048x1280
2048x1536
2560x1600

As you can see, 1920x1080 is NOT one of the options.
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Oh, yeah I did not understand what you meant. That doesnt sound very promising? Doesnt make sense though...
 
pastrychef said:
I don't think you understand what I'm saying... In the display preferences of the 8800GT, these are the resolutions listed as available:

640x480
640x480 (stretched)
800x500
800x600
800x600 (stretched)
1024x640
1024x768
1024x768 (stretched)
1280x800
1280x960
1280x960 (stretched)
1344x840
1344x1008
1344x1008 (stretched)
1600x1000
1600x1200
1600x1200 (stretched)
1920x1200
1920x1440
2048x1280
2048x1536
2560x1600

As you can see, 1920x1080 is NOT one of the options.
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That is because the monitor you are using doesn't support that aspect. It will only use 4:3 or 16:10, why would it offer a resolution that would add black bars? :rolleyes:


MacBook Pro hooked up to a 30" Trinitron:
 

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sycho said:
That is because the monitor you are using doesn't support that aspect. It will only use 4:3 or 16:10, why would it offer a resolution that would add black bars? :rolleyes:


MacBook Pro hooked up to a 30" Trinitron:
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So how do i know if it supports it or not?
 
If you look in the TV manual it will say what resolutions it supports.

I have an older plasma and it supports 1080i but not 720p, weird i know.


But I think you are better going for the monitor not the TV. The Dell 3008WFP looks better than the ACD.
 
Telp said:
So how do i know if it supports it or not?
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It is not wether OS X will support it, it is a matter if the display supports it's native resolution over the HDMI or DVI port. What set were you looking at?
 
sycho said:
It is not wether OS X will support it, it is a matter if the display supports it's native resolution over the HDMI or DVI port. What set were you looking at?
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Not exactly sure, i started this thread so that someone could give me suggestions based on something they've already done.
 
Telp said:
Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but here goes. I'm thinking of buying a Mac Pro and a 30" monitor for it. When at the Sony store it hit me that if i could find a TV with input for the Mac Pro, then I would have the possability of buying a larger screen for possibly cheaper. I would want it full HD. I have been looking online, but basically, if anyone has any suggestions of a larger (31"+) screen that has input for a Mac Pro and is cheaper than the Apple 30" monitor, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.


-Telp
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it seems pretty clear that one could find an HDTV unit that would take input from a Mac Pro, and quite possibly at a lower cost than an Apple 30in ACD. I currently run a 30in from my mac pro; I really use and appreciate the 2560x1600 real estate. Thing is, I can imagine how the hamstrung resolution capabilities from this proposed setup would leave you with a good TV and a pretty ugly monitor display, and that this would only be amplified the bigger the screen one chooses. Again, I havent tried this, so it's just an opinion.

An earlier poster referred to the DELL 3008 unit: in principle this would be the way to go: a high resolution monitor for your Mac Pro with the ability to take HD input from a number of sources (HDMI, DVI, Component), you would still need to supply TV or DVD signal to the unit. Alas, it does not address the cost-saving motivations that started this thread to begin with.
 
renault4 said:
it seems pretty clear that one could find an HDTV unit that would take input from a Mac Pro, and quite possibly at a lower cost than an Apple 30in ACD. I currently run a 30in from my mac pro; I really use and appreciate the 2560x1600 real estate. Thing is, I can imagine how the hamstrung resolution capabilities from this proposed setup would leave you with a good TV and a pretty ugly monitor display, and that this would only be amplified the bigger the screen one chooses. Again, I havent tried this, so it's just an opinion.

An earlier poster referred to the DELL 3008 unit: in principle this would be the way to go: a high resolution monitor for your Mac Pro with the ability to take HD input from a number of sources (HDMI, DVI, Component), you would still need to supply TV or DVD signal to the unit. Alas, it does not address the cost-saving motivations that started this thread to begin with.
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You make a valid point. The resolution wont be as good. Although i dont know how bad it would loook on the screen. Maybe it would be better to use the monitor as a display. Does anyone know how the screen would look? Would it look really bad?
 
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