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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.
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 -----
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.
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 -----
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.
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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