WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-



 WC> Scored a 27" color T.V. in good working condition as salvage as
 WC> well as my THIRD rock solid old style IBM keyboard :-)

 RJT> Nifty.  I wish I could find some more of those here.

 WC> Lousy brand, Montgomery Ward, but good picture.

I meant the keyboards...

 WC> Controls interact a bit so I had to adjust to get rid of color 
 WC> bloom that came off images.

The former owner probably had everything cranked up the whole way.

 WC> Excellent picture now, good convergence and good brightness.  Now
 WC> to find the proper universal remote code for the bugger.

Good luck with that.  We had the use of one for a bit,  worked with the tv
and cable box,  but not the vcr.

 WC> Two of my IBM keyboards are perfect and one, this one, has two 
 WC> key's print worn off.

One of the ones I have here actually has the key legends as a separate
plastic cap from the usual keycap, sort of a thin "skin" that
fits on top of it.  I wouldn't have known this except the grandkids had
somehow managed to dislodge some of them,  and there are a couple missing.

 WC>  I've a fourth IBM that's sick so I can steal the printed keys 
 WC> from that one.

There ya go!

 WC> Wonder if the resolution from a T.V. card in the computer to the 
 WC> T.V. would help with my failng eyesight or if the 27 TV inch 
 WC> screen would be limited by it's inherent resolution?

 RJT> It should be interesting to find out.  Does the TV have any
 RJT> monitor-style inputs?  Apparently "s-video" is the big thing these
 RJT> days.  

 WC> Yup, it's got all that.

Cool.

 RJT> I have a video card here now that has that connector on the back
 RJT> of it,  but no cable and nothing at the other end with that sort of
 RJT> connection available.  My big tv in the living room just has typical
 RJT> composite input RCA jacks,  in addition to the usual RF input.

 WC>  that describes my G.E. 21 incher.

The one I'm talking about is a Fisher 25".  Got it for nothing,  so I
can't complain too much.

 WC> Looking at smallish print on the T.V. I'm not optimistic however
 WC> going from 21 inch - 27" I can now at least make out URL's to web
 WC> sites displayed on broadcast T.V.

 RJT> Our big set is 25",  which used to be considerd a good-sized TV,  and
 RJT> it amazes me how often stuff on the screen is unreadable.  I don't
 RJT> necessarily blame the TV,  though,  as much as those who put the ads
 RJT> together.

 WC> You still only have only 525 interlaced lines.

True,  and not all of those will display.

 WC> The cheaper LCD HDTV - computer monitors may be my way to go as
 WC> given my fixed viewing position the off angle poor viewing
 WC> would not be an issue.

Are those getting cheaper yet?

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