30 inch Cinema Display question

[fjs08]

Can you run a TV through the 30 inch Cinema Display??

 

[Clydefrog]

nope the only way it through an external TV tuner

 

[desenso]

The 30 Cinema Display has a dual-link DVI input, so unless you have a digital box that can output through DVI, no you cannot.

 

[AppleIntelRock]

Great question! When purchasing a monitor that expensive and large, many people ask themselves that same thing. Unfortunately out of the box, Apple’s 30” Display does not have television functionally, however that can be changed. Visit this website, it will show you a very good solution, that not only lets you watch live television, but use your computer as a pvr- similar to a TiVo. There is one catch however, your display must be connected to your computer for this to work.

 

[fjs08]

The Eye TV Hybrid looks pretty cool. I'll have to give that a real look see.

My Ti Book is 3+ yrs old and I'm looking at a Mac Book Pro for the holidays. Thinking of going whole hog and getting a 30" monitor, but I want to be able to
catch HDTV too. I was going to wait until Leopard is part of the program, but I really don't want to wait until Spring. Guess I'll just have to "Spring" for Leopard in the spring to update.
Frank

 

[tipdrill407]

The 30 Cinema Display has a dual-link DVI input, so unless you have a digital box that can output through DVI, no you cannot.

the 30 inch ACD uses dual link DVI, cable boxes only offer single DVI outputs. The only way to watch tv on the ACD is to hook it up to a computer that has a TV tuner.