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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 416896" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>You'll of course need the mini-DVI to DVI adapter. I would recommend a DVI to VGA cable. You can also use a DVI to HDMI.</p><p></p><p>I have used both on multiple brands of HDTV's; with XP, Linux and OS X. My recommendation for the VGA stems from it having set standards for communicating with computers. HDMI does not as of yet have minimum standards for this in place. What this means to the end user is that the EDID (the info passed to the computer from the HDMI port) may not provide all the necessary info in a way the mobo / system board is able to interpret. </p><p></p><p>I have had varying success with the HDMI, but it has depended on the brand of TV. Have had one brand where with a high end motherboard, you could not a) get into the BIOS and b) could neither install nor run any version of Linux from the hard drive (although 'live' disks would work). The issues with OS X have been relativly minor in comparison. But I have seen no significant improvement in the picture quality using HDMI over VGA. Plus, the DVI-VGA cables are still cheaper than the DVI-HDMI.</p><p></p><p>As with almost all 720p LCD HDTV's, you will note that the TV's display is 1366 x 768. Although it will accept anincoming signal of 1080, the resolution setting you will more than likely want to use is 1280 x 720. This is the 720p setting the ports are designed to accept and then the TV scales the image to it's display. You may have to play with settings close to this a little bit, but this is the one I have had the best success in using across all brands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 416896, member: 24160"] You'll of course need the mini-DVI to DVI adapter. I would recommend a DVI to VGA cable. You can also use a DVI to HDMI. I have used both on multiple brands of HDTV's; with XP, Linux and OS X. My recommendation for the VGA stems from it having set standards for communicating with computers. HDMI does not as of yet have minimum standards for this in place. What this means to the end user is that the EDID (the info passed to the computer from the HDMI port) may not provide all the necessary info in a way the mobo / system board is able to interpret. I have had varying success with the HDMI, but it has depended on the brand of TV. Have had one brand where with a high end motherboard, you could not a) get into the BIOS and b) could neither install nor run any version of Linux from the hard drive (although 'live' disks would work). The issues with OS X have been relativly minor in comparison. But I have seen no significant improvement in the picture quality using HDMI over VGA. Plus, the DVI-VGA cables are still cheaper than the DVI-HDMI. As with almost all 720p LCD HDTV's, you will note that the TV's display is 1366 x 768. Although it will accept anincoming signal of 1080, the resolution setting you will more than likely want to use is 1280 x 720. This is the 720p setting the ports are designed to accept and then the TV scales the image to it's display. You may have to play with settings close to this a little bit, but this is the one I have had the best success in using across all brands. [/QUOTE]
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