PC, the NYT did a review of cameras under $300 and recommended the Canon Powershot SD880 IS.
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Sue - Jan 09, 2009 3:52:46 am PST #8734 of 25501
hip deep in pie
beekaytee - Jan 09, 2009 5:00:05 am PST #8735 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
No opinions on whether or not my Samsung monitor will play nice with a mini, etc?
bonny fides "Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."" Jan 8, 2009 5:10:48 pm PST
DCJensen - Jan 09, 2009 5:34:58 am PST #8736 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Most macs have a standard VGA 15 pin d-sub connector for about the last 10 years now. Most also have a dvi connector.
The "Adapter for Macintosh" has not been needed on any Mac since at least 1999.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2009 5:42:11 am PST #8737 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
More A/V questions! This is the reciever I'm currently looking at - it's got more than enough HD and audio in/outs for me, and it's under $200. (And it's not some shady off-brand I've never heard of.)
My question is about this:
Powerful HDMI Connectivity allows for uncompressed 1080i video to pass through directly to your HDMI capable television.
Does this mean that 720p content will get converted to 1080i by the receiver and then back down to 720p by my TV (since that's the native display mode of most 32" TVs)? Or does it mean that 1080i is the highest resolution this receiver can handle?
beekaytee - Jan 09, 2009 5:45:14 am PST #8738 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Daniel, that was my hope, but the dvi connector on the back of the Mini (scroll down for the graphic) doesn't look the same.
amych - Jan 09, 2009 5:47:45 am PST #8739 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jess, that's what ours does, and from what I can tell, HDMI pass-through means that the A/V receiver isn't doing any video conversion at all on that port. So 720p will go straight through as 720p, 1080i will stay 1080i, etc.
I don't know about the highest resolution question, since that's the highest resolution our TV can do anyway...
amych - Jan 09, 2009 5:49:26 am PST #8740 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
bonny, that's a standard DVI connector. Many monitors only come with VGA, but you can get an adapter at any electronics joint (and included with some Apple models, but I have no idea about the mini -- one came with my laptop, for instance.)
Jessica - Jan 09, 2009 5:51:52 am PST #8741 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
from what I can tell, HDMI pass-through means that the A/V receiver isn't doing any video conversion at all on that port. So 720p will go straight through as 720p, 1080i will stay 1080i, etc.
Excellent, that's what I was hoping - that "1080i" in that context really means "up to 1080i" (which, as I said, is perfectly fine for a 32" set).
Jessica - Jan 09, 2009 6:05:04 am PST #8742 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Ah, crap - I'm just now noticing that the under-$200 receivers I've been looking at have video-only HDMI passthrough. Which if I understand correctly, can cause some kinds of DRM-ed content not to work (if you split up the audio and video).
Hooray, more money.
Jessica - Jan 09, 2009 6:16:32 am PST #8743 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
As long as I'm still in research mode- how much of a problem IS HDCP, in the real world? What are the chances that I'm going to have a problem displaying HD content on my TV if I split up the audio and video signals? Since I don't have a 3rd-gen gaming system, we're only talking upconverting DVDs and cable TV.