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i had to edit the new version, but i am very very happy with this theme. it's my favorite.

jawsh: how are you liking OS X?

i've always enjoyed Mac OS, and OS X is no different. i did that 10.2.8 update and my Mac's still chuggin right along, so i guess i was one of the fortunate ones not affected by it. i still remember having to boot off a 5 1/4" floppy back in the II GS days, up through my door-stop of a PowerBook 140 running System 7...Apple's come a long, long way! :)

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OT....How is the quality on MyTV2Go? I've been looking for a tv solution on the Macintosh, but haven't been satisfied by the quality out there.

Since this is my first TV on a puter application I'd say its flawless. The image is crisp but degreades at higher resolutions although I haven't played with the settings at all. Records as well. Should I be able to get it at full screen?

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OT....How is the quality on MyTV2Go? I've been looking for a tv solution on the Macintosh, but haven't been satisfied by the quality out there.

Since this is my first TV on a puter application I'd say its flawless. The image is crisp but degreades at higher resolutions although I haven't played with the settings at all. Records as well. Should I be able to get it at full screen?

When I had a TV card, the best that I could get at a 'crisp' picture was 800x600 px. I am pretty sure that is about the highest it goes because you are taking an analog signal and watching it on a digital machine. Even if you have digital cable or satelite, the signal will still probably be bad because they compress it so that things are faster on your end. I believe the only way to get full screen TV with a computer that is purely crisp is if the signal itself is that good and maybe if there is some kind of HDTV coming through or something. I know I see a lot of shows lately that advertise they are being broadcase in HDTV, so you might try one of those.

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OT....How is the quality on MyTV2Go? I've been looking for a tv solution on the Macintosh, but haven't been satisfied by the quality out there.

Since this is my first TV on a puter application I'd say its flawless. The image is crisp but degreades at higher resolutions although I haven't played with the settings at all. Records as well. Should I be able to get it at full screen?

When I had a TV card, the best that I could get at a 'crisp' picture was 800x600 px. I am pretty sure that is about the highest it goes because you are taking an analog signal and watching it on a digital machine. Even if you have digital cable or satelite, the signal will still probably be bad because they compress it so that things are faster on your end. I believe the only way to get full screen TV with a computer that is purely crisp is if the signal itself is that good and maybe if there is some kind of HDTV coming through or something. I know I see a lot of shows lately that advertise they are being broadcase in HDTV, so you might try one of those.

Good info guys. I've never owned a tv tuner for the Macintosh, just for pc....and it was about 5 years ago.

They make hdtv tuners for Macs?!?

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Some of the 42" and 60" plasma tvs i've been looking at have DVI input and support full HDTV resolution for use as a computer display (~1900x1000). DVI is a digital signal and the plasma tvs are digital display units so it should look really good.

SVideo, and composite video out both look dreadful for a number of reasons: the biggest contributor being the rather crumby resolution of most TVs with those inputs. My 50" projection tv only has ~800 lines of resolution and that's considered good!

Buying a new TV just so video out looks good might not be an option now, but when you go to buy a new monitor or new television then looking at some of the LCD and plasma telivisions might pay off.

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