We’re having quite a number of topics in here now, but anyway: I’ve been asking myself whether it’s better to top post or bottom post? My guess is bottom post while deleting from the previous post the part that is not being answered. I’m sure the rules are posted somewhere, but anyone inclined to teach me?
Re. DVDs playing well and video files poorly, I think the point has been clearly made now: DVDs have 4GB or more so the computer has an easy job, where video files in other formats are compressed to a quarter of the size or less and need to be worked on hard by the CPU. It was said a bit bluntly, but yes, my Digital Audio (466 MHz G4) has the same problems. Some YouTube videos don’t play smoothly and I can forget HD ones. Downloading them improves things only slightly. TV/monitor: The absolute minimum width for a monitor these days is 1024 pixels, so never get 720p if you’re going to use it as a monitor. (Even my ancient Powerbook 1400 has more than that. There are many web pages that you cannot view completely on screens narrower than 1024 pixels: the left edge is gone and you can’t scroll over.) I’m not familiar with bluray, but isn’t HD its main purpose? If so, your bluray quality would be reduced to LD by playing it on a 720p TV, I expect. If you’re using it mainly as a monitor, maybe it would be better to find a monitor with a TV input port, or see if you can get a bluray drive to build into your Mac? Anyone knows if those exist? Plasma/LCD: aren’t plasma screens usually LARGE, so less suited as a monitor, cause you’re sitting relatively close up? They also use more power and don’t last as long, from what I’ve heard. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
