Our new TV

[fbhjr]

The converter box I ordered for the Apple TV to me old TV came in.
Something not listed in its ads, but in its instruction manual “may do
permanent damage to CRT monitors”.
Great.
I tried it anyhow.
While it didn’t do any damage to the old TV, it didn’t exactly work either.
I then needed another converter to convert that signal to the right
resolution for the TV to accept it.
The good news is I used to have one of those.  The bad news is, I have no
idea where it is now.
But, going from the Apple TV to one converter, to another converter to the
TV was starting to get a bit silly.
I found the guy at the store last weekend had “exaggerated” when he told me
the TV I needed to use the Apple TV cost $400 or more.  I found one on
their web site for $250 that met the requirements.  And, I had several on
line coupons that knocked it down to $200.
I really didn’t want a new TV.  But, I really do want to be able to watch
movies from the computer on the TV.
So, I got it.
The good news is that it does appear to work quite well.  It does
everything that was promised when I decided I wanted one two months ago.
I just wish it hadn’t required the series of hoop jumps to get here.

Comments

[saeble.livejournal.com]

I'm playing musical cables with my PC.

The video card has a DVI port and a digital port. It's one of the transitional video cards which has both, (and probably does both poorly).

One monitor is DVI only, the other has both.

I have the cables to theoretically plug them both in but... if you have both monitors plugged in, one will drop out or scramble the other. I've tried all the combinations I can with the cables I have.

I'm going to have a go with two DVI cables and a converter plug, if that doesn't work, I give up.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

I understand the musical cables. To hook up the TV I had to unhook then rehook everything.
I'm lucky it all works and I didn't accidentally hang myself.

[malterre.livejournal.com]

or have me hang you to stop the frustration

[pallid-regina.livejournal.com]

Ah, technowoes. I'm glad it all worked out!

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

now you have an idea how I feel about my misadventures with getting [older] versions of Dreamweaver, and having to upgrade my Mac OS versions to meet the new updates on the web and everything else, since as far as I'm concerned, my Mac has been working tremendously well for me and for what I use it for, since I bought it, what, 6 years ago?

Oh, but I have to upgrade, because there's brand new "better" stuff. No, not in my mind. But, it's a kind of "upgrade or suffer", that's the Mac life I suppose :D

[perrin-o-ravnos.livejournal.com]

How big is it? (the tv)

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

It's about this wide. (Frank holds his hands out to the right distance.)



The box says 32", which is more than enough for me.

Welcome to the digital age.

[gilden.livejournal.com]

Miles of smiles, man. Hope the Apple stuff works out for ya.