Tiger does TV

[davidwells]

Has anyone noticed this yet?

When I first got my Mac Mini, I hooked it direct DVI-to-DVI to my 32" Sony 4:3 HD monitor. It worked, but with inches of overscan (ie- no menu bar, no dock.) So back to the boy's room the Mini went. After the Tiger upgrade, I was curious to see if anything Mac-to-TV had changed.

It did.

Tiger recognized my Sony TV as a monitor in the pref pane! (cool)

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The OPTIONS tab has an "Overscan" check box. Uncheck it and Menu and Dock return! Woohoo, HomeTheaterMac at last!!

Now I got to shell out $30 for QT Pro so I can get full-screen videos...

 

[Lacero]

The Overscan feature is available in Panther as well. It may be in Tiger, the option is selected by default.

 

[Zaty]

Yes, Tiger now allows you to choose higher resolutions on TVs than the standard TV resolution (even if you use a S-Video connection)!

 

[Ja Di ksw]

To be honest, I've gotten TV's to work with Tiger, but I had an easier time with them in Panther. Sigh, I feel like all I'm doing is bashing Tiger in these Forums, when the truth is I really like it, I've just been having lots of problems that I didn't use to (internet, tv, programs won't quit, etc). But I love spotlight, dashboard, and all the rest. Anyway, to the topic, yeah, Tiger works with TV's, watched a movie on a TV through my computer a couple days ago.