i look at the sony notebook setup. under shortcut keys, i dont see resolution for widescreen in external display only. i m under assumption if you want to use the external display only (TR LCD is off), can u connect the TR to widescreen LCD?
Yes, it can although some of the widescreen resolutions may be limited. I can output 1280x768 to my 23” LCD TV (which also has that same native resolution) just fine.
It works great at 1280x768 on an old SGI LCD I have laying around at work. Too bad the TR only has VGA out, I’d love to try it out on one of the Apple WS displays I have.
[quote author=“linc”]isn’t there some sort of adapter to make the tr work with apple displays..i think someone already got it to work..
Unless you spend a ton of money, you can’t plug a VGA signal into an ADC connector. Even then you wouldn’t want to since you’re going from analog to digital.
[quote author=“dbs”]Particularly when it buys you nothing. :ph34r:
I don’t know about you, but I get an extreme amount of joy out of doing something technically complex or monetarily involving yet ultimately frivolous.
[quote author=“Drachen”][quote author=“dbs”]Particularly when it buys you nothing. :ph34r:
I don’t know about you, but I get an extreme amount of joy out of doing something technically complex or monetarily involving yet ultimately frivolous.
I’ll go with the technically complex. Lord knows the time I’ve wasted fine-tuning hardware, programs or an O/S. Even got a few things working together that weren’t supposed to. Still, as a general rule, I see little value in trying to bolt Mercedes parts on my Acura.
[quote author=“dbs”]Still, as a general rule, I see little value in trying to bolt Mercedes parts on my Acura.
Are you kidding? I’d love to be the only guy on the block with a 351 shoved into a Firebird or a wheelchair with a jet engine on it . Who said human enterprise had to have a useful purpose to be enjoyable?
[quote author=“Drachen”][quote author=“dbs”]Still, as a general rule, I see little value in trying to bolt Mercedes parts on my Acura.
Are you kidding? I’d love to be the only guy on the block with a 351 shoved into a Firebird or a wheelchair with a jet engine on it . Who said human enterprise had to have a useful purpose to be enjoyable?
Never implied that it did. But I suspect the payback is a bit greater for a 351 or jet engine than trying to kludge a brand x water pump into a brand y auto. (unless that’s the only option you have) The root of this discussion was the driving of a high-end digital monitor with a mundane analog vga port. Not much challenge, entertainment or excitement there - just a matter of throwing money at it. The end result is a really nice, very expensive vga monitor.
Hm…found this. Dunno if it’ll work. But $30 v $300? Looks good to me. :D
But there is the quality difference between VGA and ADC.
“ADC to VGA Video Adapter
The ADC to VGA Video Adapter lets you connect any VGA monitor to any available ADC connector on your Macintosh computer.”
$29.99
[quote author=“dbs”]The end result is a really nice, very expensive vga monitor.
That’s exactly what’s wanted, Apple’s style and the bragging rights that come with it.
nox: That part is the opposite of the one needed. It allows you to connect a PowerMac to a VGA monitor or projector or something. Cards with DVI ports can output VGA signals. The adapters are cheap (and come with most DVI-capable video cards) because they’re basically just passthrough cables. The $300 part houses ADC (Analog to Digital Converter not Apple Digital Connecter - fucking acronyms) hardware to digitize the VGA signal. That’s why it costs so much… or at least that’s why they charge so much. :|
