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RE: PC to TV distribution sorted


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  • Subject: RE: PC to TV distribution sorted
  • From: "Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 11:23:15 +0100
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Cleartype smoothing is (for me) the killer windows XP app, along with filmstrip view and fast scanning.
It's a collection of technologies first used in Microsoft Reader, an E-paper app. it uses special fonts, smooths them nicely, anti-aliases them against the background etc etc..
 
the result is wonderfully clear text on any display, *especially* on low res displays like, for instance, a TV !
 
Right Click on display>Properties>Appearance>Effects> "use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" choose "ClearType" and brace yourself ;)
 
"k" mode, as Keith mentions, is "kiosk" mode: it lets IE run always in full screen mode. great if your HA control interface is ASP, IE based :)
 
no info on RF distrib: I use composite/s-video distrib instead..
 
Ian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eamon O Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 April 2002 22:14
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] PC to TV distribution sorted

Ian,
 
Seems to be working now, I restored my config to yesterdays settings, and re-applied the new tv out setting as you said below, all seems to be working now. One or two more questions for you or anyone else who can help on this and a related matter...
 
 
Whats cleartype smoothing as you said below and how do I set it up?
 
Also, you mentioned -K mode ? Wahts this ?
 
  A final distantly related question... I used to have my dvd distribution from me DVD player set up using the scart input of my cable tv box. If I wanted to watch a DVD, I would watch it via distributed coax, fed by the cable modem. (sorry if anyone gasps at using coax for dvd....). However, I am after getting rid of the cable tv service and replacing it with sky digital, and now I dont seem to be able to get Sky to display the scart input I am using to hook up my DVD player. Has anyone else done this ?
 
Thanks,
Eamon
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Lowe
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:43 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC to TV distribution

Next two things to try:
 
1) check you are set for PAL-B what you are describing sounds very like what My ATI AIW does when it's set to PAL-M or somesuch other standard
 
2) download new drivers. This also sounds very like the weird effects my mate was getting when he was using MS supplied drivers with his Asus V7700, they dissappeared with installing Detonator drivers.
 
best of luck..
 
as to quality, if you are using XP, turn on the cleartype screeen smoothing. makes a hell of a difference!
 
Ian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eamon O Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 April 2002 20:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] PC to TV distribution

I have a nividea card as you say, and I have set it to clone. What I am getting now, is teh PC monitor is fine, but the TV screen is split in 3, with two black lines seperating the screen. If I scroll the mouse to the right, the pointer disappears, and reappers on the left side of the tv screen ?
 
Eamon
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Lowe
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PC to TV distribution

Yeah, I had this...
 
I am assuming this is a nvidia card (as ATI card's do a clone image by default) on the Display Properties dialog, go into the advanced tab, click "twinview" tab and change the setting from "horizontal span" to "clone" okay, okay, okay...
 
et voila ;)
 
can I suggest -k mode for internet explorer also ;)
 
Ian.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eamon O Gorman [mailto:eamonogorman@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 20 April 2002 19:32
To: UKHA
Subject: [ukha_d] PC to TV distribution

I'm Looking for a bit of advice on using TV out port on my PC, and I am hoping someone else on the group has done this already....
What I was hoping to do was have a dual display set up. One using my TV out connector, whcih would be connected to a vcr, and then distributed around the house, and the second display would be my pc monitor. Both displays would have to have the exact same outputs.  Here is my problem.
 
  I can manage to get the screen to display fine on either my monitor, or a tv connected to my tv out port on my pc, but not both at the same time!!!!  If I do both at the same time, it looks like what is happening is the display is split between both display devices, with half the display on my monitor, and teh other half on my tv. If I move the mouse button around, I can see it move from one screen onto the next.
 
Anyone any idea what I'm doing wrong here ? Or has anyone a work around for this ? Any advice would be appreciated...
 
Thanks,
Eamon


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