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Using my new TV as my monitor?
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I could MAIL you one of the hundred spare ones that I have.
Does it have DVI or just VGA?
DVI is digital and works best for LCD's.
If it's just VGA then you're fine. It's just a nitpick.
A VGA cable.
Seriously, you can get them from nearly any computer store. Just avoid Best Buy, etc. They REALLY over charge on cables.
Just a heads up, there are actually a few types of VGA cables. I have a 40" Sony Bravia and it required an HD15 VGA cable, a DB15 VGA cable would display the incorrect resolution. Check your manual to see if it mentions anything, otherwise I would go for the HD15 cables.
Unless im missing something here doesn't the OP need one of these, which nobody seems to have mentioned? http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...hJec52YkQtNOWDJ8Swpl/3.0.21.1.0.8.25.7.11.3.3 . Just a standard VGA cable wount work, theres nowhere to plug it in to the iMac
Standard VGA cables use HD15 connectors; the DB15 connector usually refers to the shape used by older PC gamepad/MIDI ports and Apple monitors back in the beige days. They both have 15 pins, but the connector is a different shape (HD15 has 3 rows of pins, DB15 has 2). It gets a little confusing because some places refer to HD15 connectors as DB15, which can get very annoying.
I just wanted to mention that you might be dissatisfied with the quality of your TV as a computer monitor. I haven't seen any TV that made a good computer monitor, mostly because of super low resolution (given how huge the display is). A 42" wide screen display with a proper dot-per-inch ratio (to be around the average of a real computer dispaly) would have a resolution like 3500 x 2200. Your TV will certainly not.
So in summary, you're going to have the same resolution of a 17" display, but blown up to 42", rather than a an actual higher resolution.
That's why when the 30" Apple display first came out, everyone made a big fuss about, not because of how big it was, but because of the incredible resolution (2560 x 1600).
So in summary, you're going to have the same resolution of a 17" display, but blown up to 42", rather than a an actual higher resolution.
That's why when the 30" Apple display first came out, everyone made a big fuss about, not because of how big it was, but because of the incredible resolution (2560 x 1600).