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Cheapest way to display 15" AlBook -> widescreen TV?
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Someone I know has a 22" LCD widescreen HDTV--no VGA input. And I don't need VGA quality anyway--I just want to do widescreen gaming and presentations. (I have at least 2 games that support 1280x854 and don't use small text displays.) Composite or S-video quality would be sufficient.
I assume the NTSC TV out from my AlBook will be useless for widescreen, since NTSC is always 4:3, right?
Do I have any options? How does a DVD player connect to a widescreen TV? Do I need component cables from my PB somehow?
TIA!
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I think the supported resolutions depend on the TV you're hooking your PB up to.
I have a US 15"Ti Book hooked up to a German (multistandard - PAL/NTSC) Loewe TV (16:9) via S-VHS, and in mirroring mode, I can use the Powerbooks highest resolution of 1152x768.
I'd try a simple S-VHS cable first - you might not need anything more elaborate than that.
good luck + cheers.
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Interesting. How does the PB know the signal is going to a widescreen device? Or to widescreen PBs list widescreen resolutions even when connected to a 4:3 TV?
(I've only used my Lombard with TV... AlBook arrives in a day or two.)
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If the LCD TV does not have a DVI or VGA port, the quality is most likey going to be very poor, ie. don't count on actually being able to read small text.
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Right, as I said this is for presentations and games. Things I do fine on my Lombard going to a regular TV--but the widescreen issue will be new for me.
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Originally posted by nagromme:
Right, as I said this is for presentations and games. Things I do fine on my Lombard going to a regular TV--but the widescreen issue will be new for me.
If you go to screen settings from the preference pane, you will see two screens. One for tv and one for monitor. Just pick the resolution you want to try, and perhaps select the option for best for video and overscan. See what is best for you.
A shortcut is to use the screen icon on the top apple menu bar.
Cheers
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Also, most 16:9 televisions are smart enough to "stretch" the image intelligently for proper display. This works well for video (anamorphic? sp?) signals, but may not work as well for a game/presentation/etc.
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how can i hook up the revb 12" pbook to my sony-tv (has a/v cinch input)? is there a mini-dvi-to-a/v adapter and is that all i need?
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I didn't even know what a cinch connector was until I looked on Google... I call them RCA!
You need a US$19 adapter from Apple. It has mini-DVI on one end, and BOTH composite (RCA) and S-Video on the other end.
Make sure you buy the right adapter: Apple makes a bunch of similar ones, including a mini-VGA one that won't work for a rev-B/PCI 'Book.
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