RegressiveRock
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Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
#968372 - 04/02/12 11:57 PM
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Well: not actually a Thunderbolt cable as such. I bought an iWires mini Dvi to HDMI cable
so I could watch "Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy", (which a work colleague described as slow
and I found very well crafted) and "Columbiana" (which has a plot that leaks like a sieve
and is frankly mediocre), using my iMac as a DVD player to my telly...
Despite the port design which should only allow such a cable to go in only one way: it
will go in either way.
Beware!
Reg
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chris...
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#968383 - 05/02/12 05:34 AM
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At which end ?
And sorry for being thick, but where does thunderbolt come into
this ?
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RegressiveRock
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: chris...]
#968387 - 05/02/12 09:42 AM
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At the Thunderbolt/iMac end. The Thunderbolt port doubles as the display out on
new iMacs.  Reg
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#968394 - 05/02/12 11:52 AM
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Ah right, I was thrown by the reference to mini DVI.
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RegressiveRock
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: chris...]
#968420 - 05/02/12 03:06 PM
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Quote chris...:
Ah right, I was
thrown by the reference to mini DVI.
Same male connector as Thunderbolt...
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#968426 - 05/02/12 03:30 PM
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You thinking of Mini DisplayPort ?
( not the same as the older Mini-DVI )
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RegressiveRock
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: chris...]
#968433 - 05/02/12 04:44 PM
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Probably 
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#968434 - 05/02/12 04:51 PM
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That's the great thing about standards...
...there are so many to choose
from!
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RegressiveRock
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: chris...]
#968446 - 05/02/12 06:45 PM
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I do not know why they got rid of the old port, really.
No you have to buy a
big screen iMac I guess if you want to run a big screen for video plus a Thunderbolt sound
card.
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Not For Glory
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#970046 - 14/02/12 08:50 AM
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*Warning* Do not buy a great big imac if you appreciate screen quality!!!!
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ConcertinaChap
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: Not For Glory]
#970047 - 14/02/12 08:59 AM
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Que? CC
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Not For Glory
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
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#970213 - 15/02/12 10:00 AM
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I have a 27" quad core imac, great machine, but the panel is where they save the money,
resolution is great obviously, but the screen is awful in every other respect, uniformity,
banding, terrible motion handling, they are NOT good screens. I can post examples if you
like and links to forums with pages and pages of complaints. Or you could just
trust me Or look for yourself The panels Apple use in the standalone screens are very different to the ones they build
into imacs...
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Not For Glory
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
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#970214 - 15/02/12 10:00 AM
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Quote chris...:
That's the great
thing about standards...
...there are so many to choose from!
Like
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Folderol
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
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#970300 - 15/02/12 04:49 PM
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Quote chris...:
That's the great
thing about standards...
...there are so many to choose from!
Yes. They copied the idea from the nut&bolt
industry 
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Kevin Nolan
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: RegressiveRock]
#970339 - 15/02/12 09:11 PM
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Watching new films from HD - were the copies of those films legal?
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chris...
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: Kevin Nolan]
#970379 - 16/02/12 04:40 AM
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Quote Kevin Nolan:
Watching new
films from HD - were the copies of those films legal?
Good point. Watching films whilst on your Harley-Davidson could well
be dangerous, and probably illegal.
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ConcertinaChap
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: Not For Glory]
#970426 - 16/02/12 12:26 PM
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Quote Not For Glory:
Or look for
yourself
Already have. The
screen on my 27" iMac is a thing of wonder and beauty. Maybe I'm lucky, or maybe you're
not?
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Not For Glory
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: ConcertinaChap]
#970439 - 16/02/12 01:03 PM
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So when you are looking at this very screen, you have a totally uniform flat grey around
this window?
with none of this:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=imac+screen+uneven+lighting&hl=en&
;prmd=imvnsfd&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=x_48T4zoCcTv8QPRmsC1CA&sa=X&oi=m
ode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CAwQ_AUoAQ&biw=2559&bih=1304
And if you restart your machine, and the screen goes white, it is absolutely
flat and even?
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ConcertinaChap
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Re: Warning: An interesting problem with Thunderbolt cables!
[Re: Not For Glory]
#970445 - 16/02/12 01:21 PM
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As good as or better than any other monitor I've seen (and believe me, as a computer
programmer for the last quarter century I've seen a lot). Not particularly inclined to
argue this one, though, just pointing out that this is one of those situations where, as
our American friends would say, Your Mileage May Vary.
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