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Re: [uka_d] Mini-mac as a (kind of) HTPC



'don't have a 'Mini, but we use our old G4 450MHz desktop with
calibrated 1600x1200 screen as a DVD player using the OSX DVD player -
works very well with excellent picture ...

Chris



Tony wrote:

> Was wondering if anyone has tried using the mini-mac as a dvd player
on a
> large screen please?
>
> I've been playing with the idea and managed to get it running via dvi
at
> 1368x766 (almost matches the projector native resolution of 1366x768).
> That
> was a job in itself! And have dolby 5.1 via toslink to my surround
> sound. So
> far so good
>
> But I'm not too happy with the display as I'm sure I'm seeing very
slight
> stammering... Or possibly the display is re-aligning itself across the
> pixels (this seems a possibility looking at text on the screen)
>
> Was wondering if anyone else had tried this, and what theyre
> experience was
> please?
>
> Many thanks
> Tony






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