mac pro + 50 inch plasma - will it work

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Been debating the merits of getting a mac pro would the graphics card be sufficient to use the a 50 inch pioneer HD plasma as a screen

plan to use the combo for basic basic computer stuff and the management of photo's etc etc

thanks CB

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thanks this is looking promising!!

ill have to look around the back of the screen to ensure the connections are appropriate. is it worth going with the best graphics card or will it make little or no difference??

thanks again - you are better off asking the questions here as opposed to the genius bar!!

CB

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mmm-five said:

Well, as long as you're screen can take the DVI connection from the Mac Pro you should be fine, as the Mac Pro's default card with output to 1080p (1920x1080) and the 30" Apple Cinema Display is natively 2560x1600.

The TV is a pioneer pdp 507xd
- hdmi slots
- dtv
- pc input .... analog RGB....

assuming you can convert DVI to RGB or HDMI (latter seems unlikely) would this seriuously compromise the pic' quality??

thanks CB

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Plotloss said:

DVI and HDMI have the same picture information, DVI doesnt carry sound, HDMI does.

So you can go straight out of the DVI port on the Mac, straight into the HDMI port of the 507 using a DVI-HDMI cable which are freely available.

If you give the 507 anything other than its native resolution then it will scale it, to avoid scaling, use the native res of the set as the resolution on the mac.

fantastic using this combination would it be possible to use the mac to record TV shows.....

CAB