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Hello Fellas,
Been a lurker here for the most part and enjoying the tremendous amount of knowledge. Without AVS forums setting up my Sony LCD would have been a lot more difficult and I doubt it would have turned up as well as it did. As it stands now every one that sees it falls in love with the picture, thank you AVS Members
I've been an Apple/Mac guy for quite a while (since the Apple ][ days) and up until recently was running a upgrade G4 Cube as my media player (it replaced my Mediagate MG-35). While the Cube was good it was getting a little long in the tooth and choked/stuttered on some of the newer Divx downloads and HD content. As a side note, getting the Cube to display on the Sony was a b***h ! ! ! Requiring a lot of trial and error and a ADC to DVI to HDMI set-up (not pretty but it worked).
Sooooooo, I sprung for a new Mac Mini (the 2.0GHz model with SuperDrive). After searching the forums I was a little nervous because of past issues reported with hooking up HD LCD's and the early Mac Minis.
Well the hook-up was painless. It's a 52" Sony XBR4 and I hooked up the Mini via a DVI to HDMI cable. Since I use this set-up to surf as well as watch movies I set the resolution to 720P (1280 X 720). Yes it does 1080P resolutions as well with no difficulties
Needless to say I'm a pretty happy camper. This computer is just about perfect as a Media player, small, silent and powerful.
Been a lurker here for the most part and enjoying the tremendous amount of knowledge. Without AVS forums setting up my Sony LCD would have been a lot more difficult and I doubt it would have turned up as well as it did. As it stands now every one that sees it falls in love with the picture, thank you AVS Members

I've been an Apple/Mac guy for quite a while (since the Apple ][ days) and up until recently was running a upgrade G4 Cube as my media player (it replaced my Mediagate MG-35). While the Cube was good it was getting a little long in the tooth and choked/stuttered on some of the newer Divx downloads and HD content. As a side note, getting the Cube to display on the Sony was a b***h ! ! ! Requiring a lot of trial and error and a ADC to DVI to HDMI set-up (not pretty but it worked).
Sooooooo, I sprung for a new Mac Mini (the 2.0GHz model with SuperDrive). After searching the forums I was a little nervous because of past issues reported with hooking up HD LCD's and the early Mac Minis.
Well the hook-up was painless. It's a 52" Sony XBR4 and I hooked up the Mini via a DVI to HDMI cable. Since I use this set-up to surf as well as watch movies I set the resolution to 720P (1280 X 720). Yes it does 1080P resolutions as well with no difficulties

Needless to say I'm a pretty happy camper. This computer is just about perfect as a Media player, small, silent and powerful.