Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread JD Austin
On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Ryan Rix phrkonale...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Anyways, best feature: It has an RGB monitor input, which lets me hook up a computer to it. Can you say Media Center PC? : I'm going to be

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Sir Light
Hello Ryan, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Question: How much work, if any does it take to run in full resolution 1920x1080, if this is possible. I'm not expecting progressive scan or anything fancy, just native HD. Is this possible/how much

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Sir Light
Ryan, BTW it's VIZIO VF550XVT1A is the brand and model, aye? http://www.vizio.com/product.aspx?id=2802pid=1502 Jon Sir Light sirli...@cox.net wrote: Hello Ryan, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Question: How much work, if any does it

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-03 Thread Ryan Rix
Yeah, that's the model. VIZIO VF550XVT1A I meant VGA :] Looks like it can connect a-ok and the manual lists it as one of the connection options. so.. tomorrow I burn this kunewbtu iso (8.04 for the parents so they can be comfortable on a 'normal' kde 3... :( ) and roll with it Thanks folks, I'll

HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-02 Thread Ryan Rix
Hi, My parents have just purchased a FREAKING HUGE 55 Visio HDTV, so epic win. Anyways, best feature: It has an RGB monitor input, which lets me hook up a computer to it. Can you say Media Center PC? : I'm going to be running Kunewbtu on it when I manage to download the iso for it and overrun

Re: HDTV as a monitor -- high def?

2009-03-02 Thread Joshua A. Andler
On Mon, 2009-03-02 at 21:44 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote: Question: How much work, if any does it take to run in full resolution 1920x1080, if this is possible. I'm not expecting progressive scan or anything fancy, just native HD. Not knowing the model of the card makes it more difficult. Hook it up