Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-05 Thread TekBudda
BUT...anything you put in the blue bins that isn't supposed to go in there, they will either take out & leave at your house or they would end up throwing away at the sorting place. This kind of defeats the whole purpose. As for you paying for it & not using it. Oh well...suck it up princess. Yo

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread terr
Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:57 pm > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV > To: CLUG General > > > WHy is this better than Staples or the blue bin? Of course > > I love the idea of the pick up. > > > > Issue with a lot of this is that its in 3 1/2" very ni

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread Greg King
ps. Old electronics are NOT supposed to go into curbside blue bins. Greg - Original Message - From: t...@terralogic.net Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 12:57 pm Subject: Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV To: CLUG General > WHy is this better than Staples or the blue bin? Of course

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread Greg King
11 12:57 pm Subject: Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV To: CLUG General > WHy is this better than Staples or the blue bin? Of course > I love the idea of the pick up. > > Issue with a lot of this is that its in 3 1/2" very nice SCSI > boxen with internal power suppli

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread terr
301 34th Avenue SE (ERA will pick up 20 or more items). > Greg > > - Original Message - > From: t...@terralogic.net > Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 11:17 am > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV > To: CLUG General > > > > > I likely have a sp

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread Greg King
t...@terralogic.net Date: Sunday, September 4, 2011 11:17 am Subject: Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV To: CLUG General > > I likely have a spare monitor. > > I still use VGA but I'm tired of toteing CRT's around and I can > find 15" flat screens for $15 bux in the pa

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread Shawn Grover
A couple minor points, that I'm sure you've tried already. If the netbook and the TV are already turned on, and connected, you should go into the Monitors app in Ubuntu (under Preferences, I think), and tell it to redetect monitors. If everything is good, then you should see the TV listed (or

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread terr
I likely have a spare monitor. I still use VGA but I'm tired of toteing CRT's around and I can find 15" flat screens for $15 bux in the pawn shops. I have some extra desk top machines with lots of HDD too. Its just big heavy obsolete junk. Any takers? On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:01:38AM -060

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread Greg King
I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get my eeePC to talk to my TV using a VGA to video cable like this http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=629043795&action=display&target=2509 . I'm not sure but I think the purpose of those cables may be to display TV signals on VGA monitors rather than the reve

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread sean halter
I will see how things work out with all of this. Right now I am guessing that the Western Digital machine will be the best for this sort of thing but I will know more tomorrow. As for a netbook, I was just going to retire mine (it is three years old) and thought this might be a good idea for it.

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

2011-09-04 Thread terr
I have the same issue - I don't have a TV service that is works. Ny TV is in te basement and rabbit ears don't work well enough to bother with and I have no cable and no satelite. I'd like to be able to get some programming although there is precious little worth looking at. BNN would be okay