12-04-2014, 11:09 AM
RAMChYLD Wrote:Re: Max not being able to set 1366x768: Yeah, that's annoying. If you use a DisplayPort-to-DVI converter or a HDMI-to-DVI converter, then you can choose 1366x768, but if you use pure HDMI, then you're stuck with only the standard HDMI resolutions (1280x720 and 1920x1080). This is happening on Kiki as well. Although since I have a 1080p display hooked up via HDMI to Kiki, it doesn't bother me as much, but yes, I can see where you're coming from. Better to get a KVM that handles DVI video and use that with a pair of HDMI-to-DVI adapters instead (yes, you can do that).Max dates from 2008, and he has no HDMI ports. He only has one component, one composite/S-Video shared input, antenna input, and a VGA input. If I were to use him, I would be limited to VGA anyway. Since Lilly and Audrey would be used for specific purposes, I think I can get by with the FPD1730 display since Greta is meant to be my main PC anyway. The vertical resolution does help out with Adobe Premiere and Audition, especially with multi track views. I could get a higher res display, but since I'm fine with my current display I don't see a need. I also have the HP on standby if that need would arise someday.
You don't want HDMI-to-VGA adapters. Really. Because, stupid HDCP DRM may block certain media from playing.
I still plan on giving Max a test run, but I would have to relocate Connie's printer first since his plastic bezel is so large. That shows how old he is. He still works good though.
Blackberry Bun Wrote:Last sunday I went to watch Penguins of Madagascar movie.No, not at all. Movies are likely the only place where you can still see all the end credits in full, and while I don't really watch all the credits in movies, there are those that do like you Sandy. At best, the projectionists might have got annoyed at your request, but you were in the right to request that the rest of the credits be shown.
I'm a type of person who watches movies to the very end, credits included. Because such trait is very uncommon here, I almost always end up sitting alone in the theater room while the cleaning crews do their duties.
Just at this one occassion, they decided to shut down the machine about halfway through the credits. I got upset and scolded the crew there, saying that I paid for the ticket and I have the right to watch to the very end.
In the end, I got to watch the entire credits, but seeing them having to fire up the machine again just for me, I feel like I'm a bad person.
Am I in the wrong for what I have done?
For me, the place where I am most interested in end credits is TV. In recent years, I have been getting rather annoyed at any attempt to alter end credits in TV broadcasts. Programmers here use what is known as "credits crunch", where the end credits are shoved to 1/4th of the screen while the rest is used to promote the next show or in some cases, the next show actually begins while the credits run unreadable in the lower right. Disney Junior is a horrible offender. Most shows have ending credits themes ruined with credits crunch along with their visuals. Poor Charlie & Lola and PB&J Otter. Not only did they get shafted (PB&J got shafted after only three weeks in May!

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