Plasma or LCD? - Page 3

Radar · 12-04-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

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.

Pie · 12-04-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Thanks, Pie, you were right!
Thanks to all for your advice! I can haz BIG interwebz now!

Glad to be helpful, for once!

SteveDallas · 12-07-2008, 09:45 PM

We went with an LCD. 52 inch Being delivered on Friday.

ZenGum · 12-07-2008, 10:34 PM

Are you trying to give me screenus envy?

SteveDallas · 12-07-2008, 11:09 PM

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.

Radar · 12-08-2008, 12:25 AM

Which 52" LCD did you get?

SteveDallas · 12-08-2008, 11:20 AM

This one.

Undertoad · 12-08-2008, 12:12 PM

What recession?

SteveDallas · 12-08-2008, 12:15 PM

The recession is real, man... we had to lay off all but two of our chambermaids.

Shawnee123 · 12-08-2008, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SteveDallas

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!

lookout123 · 12-08-2008, 12:35 PM

The royal penis is clean, sire.

Elspode · 12-08-2008, 04:13 PM

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.

Elspode · 12-08-2008, 04:14 PM

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.

Radar · 12-09-2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

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.

dar512 · 12-09-2008, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

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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12-08-2008, 04:13 PM	#42
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-08-2008, 04:14 PM	#43
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	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. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

12-07-2008, 09:45 PM	#33
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	We went with an LCD. 52 inch Being delivered on Friday.

12-07-2008, 11:09 PM	#35
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	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.

12-08-2008, 11:20 AM	#37
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	This one.

12-08-2008, 12:12 PM	#38
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	What recession?

12-08-2008, 12:15 PM	#39
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	The recession is real, man... we had to lay off all but two of our chambermaids.

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