On 14/7/10 08:45, "pdimage" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 13/7/10 12:29, "John Carmonne" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> OK. simple you say? I'm sure going to try to. I guess the trick here is
>> getting the right cable. So to start how can I check positively the
>> capability
>> of my two DVI ports on my Radeon 9600 card? Then from there I should have
>> part
>> of the required info to choose a cable? I think I will want to also have the
>> sound ported to the stereo or can it go to the TV and then the stereo?
> 
>     I have actually done this with a G5 iMac to two 42 inch plasma screens -
> one 480p and one 720p. The video was taken from the mini vga port into a 10
> port vga 1600x1200 splitter and direct to the plasmas with vga cable. The
> audio was taken from the minijack headphone port of the iMac to a mixer then
> a 100w power amp and speakers. Alternatives to the mac output were provided
> by a DVD player and an AppleTV. Picture was very good on the plasmas but
> very poor on the mac desktop as the mirroring res was set by the second
> monitor at 480p which is dire on a monitor. 480p denotes the vertical res of
> the display and corresponds to a poor 640x480 res on a monitor - 720p
> corresponds to a better 1280x720 res and the best highdef is currently 1080p
> (or i - p is allegedly better) which corresponds to 1920x1080 which is good
> for a tv but not so good for a monitor - as I have a 21" multiscan now ten
> years old which can do better - notwithstanding the 22% screen loss of 16:9
> compared to the old 4:3.....
> 
>     
> <http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/1652880/time-ditch-awful-hd-108
> 0p-widescreens>
> 
> Pete
> 

    Sorry that should have read 11% screen loss - getting old...

Pete


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