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Old 12-04-2008, 03:57 PM   #31
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The dual screen output is also selected in the Control Panel as part of the video display options. I don't remember. May be other display options on that page, although it does not appear you need them. That is how one might do same for other non-Dells.

On Dell Computers when you hit the FN-F8 combo, it cycles through 3 modes.
  • Only the Laptop's screen
  • Only the projector or external screen
  • Both
So if you tap the combination one more time, you should see it on both.
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Old 12-04-2008, 04:35 PM   #32
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Thanks, Pie, you were right!
Thanks to all for your advice! I can haz BIG interwebz now!
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Old 12-07-2008, 09:45 PM   #33
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We went with an LCD. 52 inch Being delivered on Friday.
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Old 12-07-2008, 10:34 PM   #34
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Are you trying to give me screenus envy?
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Old 12-07-2008, 11:09 PM   #35
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I'm not trying, but if you get it anyway, Merry Christmas. I blame Mrs. Dallas. (Quite rightly, since she's not here to defend herself.) I was shooting much smaller till she saw one at a friend's house.
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Old 12-08-2008, 12:25 AM   #36
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Which 52" LCD did you get?
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Old 12-08-2008, 11:20 AM   #37
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Old 12-08-2008, 12:12 PM   #38
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What recession?
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Old 12-08-2008, 12:15 PM   #39
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The recession is real, man... we had to lay off all but two of our chambermaids.
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Old 12-08-2008, 12:21 PM   #40
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The recession is real, man... we had to lay off all but two of our chambermaids.
And the Royal Piss Boy is hoping for a call back!
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Old 12-08-2008, 12:35 PM   #41
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Old 12-08-2008, 04:13 PM   #42
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You know what I hate about big screen TV displays at Costco or Sam's Club...pretty much anywhere? They have dozens of examples of these things all lined up side by side, but *none* of them have been adjusted to their optimal display quality.

They are usually all playing the same program material, so ostensibly, the idea is to allow you to make one to one comparisons between individual models, but some of the units are so obviously showing overblown saturation or ultra high contrast or brightness or whatever, that it is totally meaningless.
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Old 12-08-2008, 04:14 PM   #43
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I keep trying to figure out how to snag a 52" for the living room so I can move the 42" in the bedroom.

My wife has told me more than once that she likes a big one in the bedroom.
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Old 12-09-2008, 02:25 PM   #44
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You know what I hate about big screen TV displays at Costco or Sam's Club...pretty much anywhere? They have dozens of examples of these things all lined up side by side, but *none* of them have been adjusted to their optimal display quality.

They are usually all playing the same program material, so ostensibly, the idea is to allow you to make one to one comparisons between individual models, but some of the units are so obviously showing overblown saturation or ultra high contrast or brightness or whatever, that it is totally meaningless.
Good point. This is why television manufacturers should make a tv that can automatically detect the best display quality for the media it happens to be playing, and then adjust to it. If you're playing a DVD, it adjusts to the best quality it can for that. If it's playing blue-ray, it changes for that. HD TV, done, etc.
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Old 12-09-2008, 02:27 PM   #45
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You know what I hate about big screen TV displays at Costco or Sam's Club...pretty much anywhere? They have dozens of examples of these things all lined up side by side, but *none* of them have been adjusted to their optimal display quality.

They are usually all playing the same program material, so ostensibly, the idea is to allow you to make one to one comparisons between individual models, but some of the units are so obviously showing overblown saturation or ultra high contrast or brightness or whatever, that it is totally meaningless.
Customers playing with the controls + minimal staff to keep costs low.
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