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<blockquote data-quote="gdirwin" data-source="post: 93227" data-attributes="member: 12202"><p>I have a 1920x1200 Dell LCD monitor in an exercise room connected with about 50' of home-built analog component cables (buy quad-shield coax cable and connect/solder RCAs to all six ends) - worked well, even at 1080p resolutions. I ran audio and IR wires at the same time...</p><p></p><p>If you do want to go with DVI, then for good prices, check out <a href="http://www.monoprice.com" target="_blank">www.monoprice.com</a> and get the 24 gauge premium cables...</p><p></p><p>Had problems with the dual monitor setup though (ATI Radeon 9600) - acceleration seemed to work on the secondary on my system (despite what everyone seems to say - I had very low CPU usage), but since the main monitor and the secondary were in different rooms, it was a total pain to move the start menu, icons etc... I suppose once you set it up it would work, but as pointed out earlier, there is always the need to go back and forth...</p><p></p><p>There is a plugin/startup script (<a href="https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4521&page=8" target="_blank">https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4521&page=8</a>) that automates the transfer of MP from the primary to secondary, but it no longer works with the latest releases of MP since the "change device" menu was removed (many/many people dearly which this would get re-added).</p><p></p><p>There is another Nvidia method for displaying on the secondary but I did not pay much attention (search the forums).</p><p></p><p>Re: Overscan - I just bought a 47" Westinghouse LCD (LVM-47W1) - it is awesome for PC connectivity (1920x1080p/60 Hz, no overscan and 1:1 pixel mapping) - it is almost 50% of the cost of a 46" Sony XBR (the only other TV that has similar 1080p connectivity to a PC without overscan etc...). Has dual DVI, HDMI, dual component and VGA (and can accept 1080p on all!). The remote control on it really sucks though... Side by side picture quality is not as good as the Sony XBR, but still amazing IMHO... The PC is about the only thing that can drive it at full 1080p resolution (as well as XBox and Blue-Ray DVD, but no content is available). For TV/monitors good for 1080p with PC connections, see <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=716067" target="_blank">http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=716067</a> ...</p><p></p><p>I intend to build a second HTPC for downstairs (to the new TV) and then use the new TV Server/Client to connect to my main desktop/work PC upstairs - each one would have MP with a TV input (via satellite) to allow recordings of one thing while watching another... All music,recordings etc... would be contained on both drives and mirrored via synchronization software (how else can you back up Gb's of music?) - local access to a local hard drive is faster/more reliable then using a share across the LAN. The LAN only does file transfers in the background when nothing else is happening.</p><p></p><p>I am waiting for the dust to settle on the new TV Server/Client - it will be cool to setup a laptop anywhere in the house and watch TV/listen to music via wireless lan!</p><p></p><p>Garth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gdirwin, post: 93227, member: 12202"] I have a 1920x1200 Dell LCD monitor in an exercise room connected with about 50' of home-built analog component cables (buy quad-shield coax cable and connect/solder RCAs to all six ends) - worked well, even at 1080p resolutions. I ran audio and IR wires at the same time... If you do want to go with DVI, then for good prices, check out [url]www.monoprice.com[/url] and get the 24 gauge premium cables... Had problems with the dual monitor setup though (ATI Radeon 9600) - acceleration seemed to work on the secondary on my system (despite what everyone seems to say - I had very low CPU usage), but since the main monitor and the secondary were in different rooms, it was a total pain to move the start menu, icons etc... I suppose once you set it up it would work, but as pointed out earlier, there is always the need to go back and forth... There is a plugin/startup script ([url]https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/showthread.php?t=4521&page=8[/url]) that automates the transfer of MP from the primary to secondary, but it no longer works with the latest releases of MP since the "change device" menu was removed (many/many people dearly which this would get re-added). There is another Nvidia method for displaying on the secondary but I did not pay much attention (search the forums). Re: Overscan - I just bought a 47" Westinghouse LCD (LVM-47W1) - it is awesome for PC connectivity (1920x1080p/60 Hz, no overscan and 1:1 pixel mapping) - it is almost 50% of the cost of a 46" Sony XBR (the only other TV that has similar 1080p connectivity to a PC without overscan etc...). Has dual DVI, HDMI, dual component and VGA (and can accept 1080p on all!). The remote control on it really sucks though... Side by side picture quality is not as good as the Sony XBR, but still amazing IMHO... The PC is about the only thing that can drive it at full 1080p resolution (as well as XBox and Blue-Ray DVD, but no content is available). For TV/monitors good for 1080p with PC connections, see [url]http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=716067[/url] ... I intend to build a second HTPC for downstairs (to the new TV) and then use the new TV Server/Client to connect to my main desktop/work PC upstairs - each one would have MP with a TV input (via satellite) to allow recordings of one thing while watching another... All music,recordings etc... would be contained on both drives and mirrored via synchronization software (how else can you back up Gb's of music?) - local access to a local hard drive is faster/more reliable then using a share across the LAN. The LAN only does file transfers in the background when nothing else is happening. I am waiting for the dust to settle on the new TV Server/Client - it will be cool to setup a laptop anywhere in the house and watch TV/listen to music via wireless lan! Garth [/QUOTE]
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