Sunday, September 14, 2008

 

Samsung LCD TV Fun part 2

This is a follow up to my previous entry.

My DVI to HDMI and audio cables finally came.

Specifically I bought:

1 x Link Depot 15 feet DVI to HDMI cable
1 x 3 feet mini audio 3.5 mm split to two RCA audio plugs
2 x RCA couplers
1 x 12 feet audio RCA plugs

I looked all over and could not find a 15 feet mini audio 3.5 mm split to two RCA audio plugs so I had to piece it together. The closest I could find is 12 feet. Obviously I went with this setup to match the 15 feet video cable. I could not find a 12 feet DVI to HDMI cable.

These cables worked great for my MacBook Pro and my Samsung LCD TV. So looks like when using the HDMI input, the LCD panel does support millions of colors.

I was actually afraid the video cable might not work because some of the comments I found were not positive. They ranged from not working at all to missing colors, lines, sections, or stuff.

So yeah both the audio and video cables work great.

Friday, September 05, 2008

 

Samsung LCD TV and Auto Wall Mount Fun!

Samsung LNT4081F finally arrived Wednesday!











A look inside... some broken styrofoam.
As long as TV is not broken.










Testing it out first, scanning channels, looks good so far











Sorry no pictures of installing the Samsung Auto Wall Mount.
But here's one applying the finishing touches on TV and mount.

Installing the wall mount was fun and exciting but also difficult.
The difficulty was with figuring out the best location. My studs weren't in good locations for an ideal location so I had to settle.

In the end everything turned out great. I love adjusting the wall mount with the TV remote.







I think I found an annoyance with the PC input, or the VGA input.

The LCD TV can't be used as a secondary external display when I connect my MacBook Pro to it. I connect using the DVI to VGA connector and a VGA extension cord.
The odd thing is if I tell my MacBook Pro to use the LCD TV as a mirrored display then it works.

I next tried connecting a PC laptop using a VGA cable and discovered the color depth of the LCD TV is only 16 bit which means 65,536 colors. I may be wrong about this though because my PC laptop which uses Intel integrated graphics only supports a color depth of either 16 or 32 bit. Too bad it doesn't have 24 bit which would match the "millions" of colors Samsung states that this LCD TV supports.

I am going to try connecting my MacBook Pro via the HDMI input next, once the cable arrives in the mail, and confirm if the LCD TV color depth really is 16 bit.

Monday, September 01, 2008

 

Yay! Finished reading Hannibal

I had a marathon reading session last night and finally finished the book. I really enjoyed the book. The biggest thing was to find the differences between the movie and the book. The story, characters and situations they got into were overall very gross. I almost felt like I was in the story about to get stabbed watching the whole thing unfold as a curious witness. Even when the story was not talking about Hannibal, I felt that in the background he was up to something and already planning the next several steps ahead.

Hate to spoil it but near the very end, there is a paragraph specifically for the reader to stay away from Hannibal if the reader wants to live. Wow that was just spooky!

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