Recent content by surefire888

I have 3 laptops - all pretty old; an IBM Thinkpad, a Sony Vaio and a Compaq - none of which have an SPDIF output. In any case, I was also asking in consideration of a future netbook purchase which mostly have the same microphone/headphone outputs. It's promising however that some netbooks are...

Thanks for the advice, criccio. Guess I will look for those USB device then.

Very nice wire mgt. I have the 341 and love it for its compactness.

Most notebooks do not have an unamplified line-out. If I connect the headphone-out to my AV Amp line-in, will this blow my AV Amp or will I get awful noise? What about those USB-Audio adapters I have seen on sale - will they provide a line-out? Appreciate any help - thanks.

Thanks for all the responses. I finally found the way to change the primary monitor was to use the ATI Catalyst Control. Funny thing is, I couldn't do it using the Advanced Setting earlier but tonight I used the Basic Setting with Wizard and it guided me through all the options including...

not that i can see! in fact, my Samsung on VGA gives better colour than my LG on DVI but this could be due more to the different brands than the video connection. as for setting the Samsung as my main monitor, i couldn't find a way to do it through the "Display Properties" tab. i suspect it...

That's an interesting suggestion. However, I will probably leave my current connections alone because I prefer my newer LG 24" monitor to be the one with the digital (DVI) connection and the older Samsung 17" to be connected thru VGA. My plan is to use the LG for most general purposes (Internet...

I downloaded ATI Tray Tools but again there is no option to rotate just the secondary monitor (currently, the Samsung). I guess I have no choice but to set the Samsung as my main monitor and see if that works. Thanks for the suggestion.

I just bought a 24" LG246WH to complement my 17" Samsung 710T (non-wide model). The Samsung screen can be pivoted and comes with Pivot Pro software to allow portrait mode. My intention was to use the LG as my main monitor in landscape-mode and the Samsung as my "extended monitor" in portrait...

LG246W

From what i have read, 1:1 will map each pixel hence, for eg a 1024X768 image will occupy 1024X768 pixels on the screen and there will be black borders all around. If you use "Full", the image will be stretched to 1920X1200 to occupy the full screen but the image will be distorted. If you choose...