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Is anyone using the MacPro with an LCD HDTV?
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I'm considering buying a MacPro to use with a 40" LCD HDTV. I suppose I could hook it up with a DVI to HDMI cable but do I need a particular graphic card to accomplish this? Is the standard graphic card good enough or would the upgraded ATI card be a better choice? I don't play games but I would like to surf the net from my couch.
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You don't need to upgrade your graphics card for that (just keep in mind that the stock graphics card can drive a 30" ACD and a 23" ACD simultaneously). However, do not think that an LCD TV can replace a monitor, it can't. Just do a search on the topic, LCD TVs don't really play nice with computers yet. You should be find if you want to watch movies, though, or use it for FrontRow.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie 
You don't need to upgrade your graphics card for that (just keep in mind that the stock graphics card can drive a 30" ACD and a 23" ACD simultaneously). However, do not think that an LCD TV can replace a monitor, it can't. Just do a search on the topic, LCD TVs don't really play nice with computers yet. You should be find if you want to watch movies, though, or use it for FrontRow.
Why? What's wrong? I wanted to be able to browse the internet and play games too. What's wrong with LCD's as monitors?
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Actually, I did search and found several sites that said LCD TV's worked perfectly as monitors, whereas the links you posted are a year old...so, is there a problem these days, cause I can't find one?
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TVs are not replacements for monitors, that's just a matter of resolution, typical distance to the screen and the sheer size. I would strongly discourage anyone from using a TV as their sole/primary screen unless it's supposed to be a media center/pure gaming machine. For either of these applications, a Mac Pro is overkill, though. Bigger ≠ better.
I haven't tried to connect a flatscreen TV myself and my recommendation is just based on the threads on that topic. As you can see, it can work, but buying a TV and connecting it to a computer is nowhere near as glitch-free as it is with regular screens -- which is partly due to the fact that most TV manufacturers have little experience with computers. This will (and perhaps to a certain degree has) changed. So your mileage may vary (as you can also see from some posts in the thread).
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I have a MacPro 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon with a ATI Radeon X1900 XT graphics card & 30" Cinema Display. I just upgraded to FCS 2 and decided to complete the set up with a 32" LCD Flat HDTV to view in. Here's the problem, the mac sees the TV but I can't get the TV
to recognize the Mac. Anyone know what the secret is, the TV is the Philips 32" LCD Flat HDTV, model # 32PF7320A/37. I may be agree
with the idea that TV's aren't ready for Macs.
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It's not about Macs, you'll have the same problems with PCs as well.
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