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b00tang
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Aug 25, 2002, 04:23 PM
 
Ok friend of mine just bought the coolest accessory to connect tv to his computer... Check out http://www.viewsonic.com/products/vi...x_vb50hrtv.htm
and
http://www.viewsonic.com/products/vi...extvision5.htm

and someone tell me if there is any way at all to hook this thing up with my 17" G4 imac, cause I know i would love it, and i know all of you would love it... damn there must be some way!!!! I was just watching tv on his monitor and it was beautiful
any thoughts leave them here
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Aug 28, 2002, 08:24 AM
 
I believe there are external TV tuners you can buy for mac... can't remember the name of them right now, however.
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b00tang  (op)
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Aug 29, 2002, 11:24 AM
 
yeah but a lot of them don't look that great, I have just seen this one and it is incredible on a computer monitor,, it looks beautiful... I would love to see it on an imac screen but just don't think its possible...
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Aug 31, 2002, 02:08 AM
 
Absolutely impossible. The iMac's flat panel is basically digitally hardwired to the graphics chip. The ViewSonic's output is analog (VGA).

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