The one drawback to this method is that the average large screen TV has a
lower resolution than a Mac monitor, so the image you get on screen can be
difficult to read, at best. Interestingly enough, the image actually
improves as you move away from it because the eye "fills in the gaps."
Another implication of the resolution difference is that the TV won't
display the entire area of the computer screen. In my case--with the Apple
Presentation System and 30" Toshiba TV--I lose either the top (menu bar)
portion or bottom (about an icon's height) portion of the screen. If I use
the included screen shrink extension, or adjust the display in the Monitors
control panel, I can get the entire screen area, but I lose the advantage
of the large-screen TV because the shrunken display takes up a relatively
small portion of the TV screen.
The bottom line, IMHO, is to try it out with the application you
intend to show to make sure the quality is acceptable, since different
screen images hold up differently.
--Tom
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Tom Donovan "I hope kids will think that it's completely lame to
Tech. Facilitator play a video game unless you programmed it yourself."
Glen Grove School -- Jaron Lanier on the new millenium
Glenview, Illinois mailto:donovant@ncook.k12.il.us
847.998.5030 http://ggwww.ncook.k12.il.us/
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