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I think my current old-style TV is 19". Would that seem about the same size as a 26" wide-screen TV?
Using our friend the Pythagorean Theorem, a 26" widescreen TV has a size of about 22.7" x 12.7", while a 19" regular TV has a size of about 15.2" x 11.4".
In other words, the screen is bigger because it's wider (duh). But if you were going to show a regular 4x3 picture on your widesreen TV with black sidebars, the picture would still be a little bit bigger than your old TV.
Thanks, Tom! That was what I figured, using the mathematical formula of General Impression + Making It Up. Possibly I'm going to PCRichard tomorrow. Too bad that link says it's 43 lbs, which is too heavy to carry, I think.
For anyone in a similar but not identical situation, I just came across this CNET page which tells you the effective diagonal for watching widescreen on a normal TV or 4:3 on a widescreen TV. [link]
Hey, the ipod video can't pump video via 3.55mm to composite, can it?
So I was moving wires around behind me computer, and when I hooked everything up, my M-Audio monitors suddenly have a hum that wasn't there before. I tried swapping out all the speaker cables, and I tried plugging in the power in a different outlet that I know is on a different circuit, to no avail. I also can't turn on or off the speakers without getting a loud pop.
I'm at a loss as to what else to try. I have a suspicion that the expensive speakers I bought are now ruined.
I swear WMM always has some backwards bug.
That's not a bug. .mov is QuickTime's format, not one of the WMM supported ones.
Tom, try unplugging your USB audio interface and/or powering down your computer (not just restarting). I dunno if it's some sound buzz buffer, but I know every once in awhile my cheap-o M-audio USB interface will do that if I jiggle the cables just wrong.
They're not USB speakers. And I get the hum even when they're not plugged into my computer.
damn. Was hoping they were plugged into a USB interface.
Hmmmm, I suspect you've got the smaller version of my M-Audio BX-8's. How loud is the buzz?