So, I guess , Jerrry, you want me to take a course in pixel counting and color bleeding and math hopping? If I go on, I will surely depart into Hades ( maybe the Elysian fields if I behaved myself) before I can complete the course. What I believe I need then is a screen which will be good for computers from 000 to 255 , since that does encompass the video color range for the TV - if my deduction holds water. Marta................................................................... ......... He that is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. -Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809) On Mar 17, 2005, at 23:58, Jerry Yeager wrote:
> I am going to muddy things up a bit more for you Marta, > > Be careful about buying LCD TVs and then using them with a computer. > > There are two types of DVI that are used, one for video and one for > computers. If the one you are looking at is only for video (think HD > TV and DVDs, etc.) then it will not be best suited for using with a > computer because the color range it will display is limited compared > to the color range the computer uses. (Using it on your computer you > will think the dark colors will be blocky and the bright colors will > be muted -- because there are not as many colors used in video so the > manufacturers don't make them to be as good as what is needed for > computers). > > [in the color range world, numbers in computers go from (0, 0, 0) for > blackest to 255 for whitest in the RGB triple, but numbers in video go > from (16, 16, 16) for blackest to (235, 235, 235) for whitest in the > RGB triple. > bonus tip: if you are making overlays for your video remember those > number ranges and also make sure that no pair of numbers in the RGB > triple has a difference of more than 171 -- this will keep the colors > from bleeding onto each other and make your video NTSC compliant so it > can be safely broadcast on TV] > > The tech boards are awash with folks griping about how their very > expensive HD / LCD TV has a crappy picture when it is hooked up to > their computers. Check to make sure that the thing will work with both > DVI (pc) and DVI (video) inputs. > > Jerry > > On Mar 17, 2005, at 7:03 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> I also wanted to ask about that. The back sides of the new LCD TVs >> have as computer connections such strange inputs for VGA like they >> were connecting my old performa to my screen. And I asked myself >> that, if I buy the mac-mini, whether Apple would ship with such a, >> for me, monstrous connector. Now I don't know the difference between >> a DVI and a ADC port. On the website Ed referred to, there are no >> pictures. I am trying to do my homework before I buy this LCD >> television, so it would be ready to accept a mac-mini, and I see more >> obstacles at hand. but all the TVs with PC inputs i have seen, do >> have this tremendous mulipinned receptacle. Clarification is needed >> here, too. >> Marta >> On Mar 17, 2005, at 18:31, Ed Wiser wrote: >> >>> google search >>> found this:http://www.macaddict.com/forums/post/799678 >>> On Mar 17, 2005, at 5:26 PM, Stuart Ungar wrote: >>> >>>> well, i got my mac mini in the mail today. i was >>>> setting it up and was started to plug in the display >>>> and found out i couldn't. i have a flat screen apple >>>> 15 inch display and the plug doesn't fit it. and, the >>>> adapter they sent with it doesn't do the job either. >>>> i find it rather odd that apple sends out a product >>>> that doesn't work with a display they produced just a >>>> few years before. any insight into this (and if there >>>> is an adapter out there i can use) greatly >>>> appreciated. >>>> >>>> can't play with my new toy tonight... -stuart >>>> >>>> Louisville At-home Dads (L.A.D.s) >>>> Bringing together stay-at-home fathers, their children and their >>>> families. >>>> 502-426-5376 >>>> LouisvilleLADS-owner at yahoogroups.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> __________________________________ >>>> Do you Yahoo!? >>>> Make Yahoo! your home page >>>> http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >>>> >>>> >>>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>>> | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> > ----------------------------------- > Someday, I will come up with a clever signature line. I am not sure if > I will use it or not, but I will come up with one. > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 5216 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20050318/c534f3d4/attachment.bin
