[icruise]

Originally Posted by siMac

That's how I browse... I consider not using full screen a waste of screen real estate, why waste space on displaying my desktop background when I could fit extra MacNN posts on my screen?

It depends on the website, but a lot of pages are hard-coded to be a certain width, so having your window fill the whole screen is kind of meaningless, especially if you have a widescreen display.

[crispin14]

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

768p on this Dell W2606C LCD TV looks great. Unfortunately, while 720p H.264 works fine on the iMac, as soon as I attach the Dell, my G5 2.0 iMac starts to stutter a bit with 720p playback on the Dell (particularly if the video is scaled to 768p). I guess dual screen + scaling is just a little too much for this computer on 720p H.264. A Core Duo iMac shouldn't have any problem with this though.

I love this setup! I may just have to copy your when I purchase my iMac.

I wanted to buy a monitor to go along with my iMac and the W2606C would be perfect for as it would serve as a TV and dual monitor.

Would you recommend this? Any problems with the setup? Is it easy to adjust to the huge screen? Should I just go ahead and buy an LCD screen instead of using the W2606C?

Any help would be appreciated!

[crispin14]

Originally Posted by iREZ

thanks

its an fp2005 20" widescreen...i would assume that the 24" widescreen dell monitor with a 20" imac would look identical in ratio. if i had any advice to give, its that you should wait till the new sharper looking dell monitors are released, they look snazzy.

What do you mean by identical in ratio?

This would be the fastest/cheaper way for me, but eventually I'm buying an HDTV. Should I buy a 20' or 24' monitor? Or should I just buy the HDTV and use it as a monitor?

[WhiteWing]

Originally Posted by harrisjamieh

What a waste of screen reak estate, having that browser window full screen..... (did you used to be a windows user, by any chance )

Noop, I'm a FreeBSD & UNIX freak; with regards to W, please don't make me puke

Apart from that I "couldn't give a monkey" what other people think

[iREZ]

what i meant about identical in ratio is that a 17" iMac connected to a 20" dell monitor is about identical in screen ratio when comparing it to a 20" iMac to a 24" dell monitor. of course the latter setup would give more pixels total. this make sense?

[crispin14]

i get ya, thanks for the help.

it looks like im going for a 37' Polaroid LCD HDTV for $999 at Circuit City and 24' LCD monitor once i find a good price

[EFFENDI]

Originally Posted by siMac

Desk manufacturer?
And where did you get the calendar?

[bembol]

Originally Posted by bembol

I suggested this to my sister...her new Gateway GM5067H with Gateway 21" HDTV-Ready LCD Monitor (FPD2185WH)...!!! Picked it up at Cosco...just finished setting it up...forgot about how much work I had to go through just setting it up...since I switched to Mac Mini...!!!

My sister got tired of it...slow dows, freezing and errors.

She gave me her Visa and got this



20" Intel iMac

Upgraded to 1.5GB Apple RAM...got a Student Discount...Apple Store @ Yorkdale was somewhat of a pain...completeting the transaction...I got my sister an EXTRA 10% off...!!!

It was jokes when she ask me, "it didn't come with DVD-RW/ROM...how do I play/burn DVD's?" :hehehe: She didn't know the Slot Loading Super Drive

I have to admit I'm jealous and wish I could upgrade my Mac Mini

[Socially Awkward Solo]

Originally Posted by siMac

New house, new photos.
(Click to supersize)

How did you do those blue lights? I want to do the same thing with my TV.

[angelmb]

Originally Posted by Socially Awkward Solo

How did you do those blue lights? I want to do the same thing with my TV.

What you really need is a PHILIPS CINEOS with Ambilight 2,



http://tinyurl.com/kvlsq

but I can not find such model ( 42PF9830/10 ) @ philips.ca

[EFFENDI]

Ambilight has to be the most annoying "feature" on a display I have ever seen...

[grinder]

It certainly is on that pic. the left side gives the room a nice ambiente, the right one is totally crappy.

[nbnz]

[paullinda@sbcglobal.net]

[crispin14]

mmm... nice and clean

Can't wait till merom or conroe to go into this baby...

[grinder]

abarnard, help me out here. Is that the 20" or 17" model? I just can't figure it out.

[harrisjamieh]

I'm gunna guess its a 20, unless he has his dock set to itty bitty size

[icruise]

The dock is set to a very small size, but judging from the size of the keyboard in relation to the screen, I'll say it's a 17". Of course, I'm not very good at these things...

[paullinda@sbcglobal.net]

Hi,

It's a 20" 2.0, 2GB RAM, 256 video.

Regards,
AB

[markb8705]