Adding HD CRT TV as monitor?

I have a Powermac G5 I am using to edit in Final Cut Pro using High Def footage. I just bought an LG CRT HD TV/Monitor. This was to replace my current 23" Apple Display as my #1 monitor. The trouble is that the resolution options offered for the new LG are MUCH lower than what are offered for the old (not HD) Apple display?
Any help here?
Thanks,

That's what you get for buying an HD CRT TV. A monitor will always have a MUCH higher resolution than a TV, even an LCD TV or CRT TV (even if it's a HD TV). Go back to your 23" monitor. It will display HD better than any HD TV.

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Unfortunately, I bought a Mini without knowing that my current monitor is unsupported. Are there any work arounds? Has anybody successfully used a 17" CRT Apple Studio monitor with the mini.
Thanks in Advance

You may buy a "DVI to ADC Adapter" from apple.
Yesterday I've bought a Mac mini and I already owned a 17" Studio Display in conjunction with the DVI to ADC, but the "sleep button" on the display is not working.That's why I'm searching this forum.

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I think the power lead from the G3 might do this?

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It sounds like the monitor is re-calibrating. When you re-calibrate an Apple CRT the monitor goes though a self analysis and flashes solid colors on the screen. (Other brands are not as tightly integrated with the Mac OS so you must do this by hand, er... eye... er... whatever.) What OS are you using? I know there was a setting in OS 9 & OS 10.3 to re-calibrate automatically periodically. Check the Monitors/Displays control under “color.” I always switched off that feature and re-calibrated when I had a free moment.
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Seeking a CRT, 1024/768 Monitor...

I have an aging 9 yr. old Sony Trinitron 17 inch which works great on my new MacMini; however the monitor needs to be replaced due to white dimming and contrast is slipping so letters are not as crisp. I have tried twice to get new monitors but they have distortion problems unable to give a true squared off display like the Sony. Yes, I used all the OSD settings to wrestle the monitor into shape, so to speak. But they also show inconsistent white color across the display.
I am now in process of getting replacements from the Viewsonic and Lenovo. Hopefully they will work better. I really need a monitor that is accurate for color and shape and bright. I am tried of spending funds and returns. Please, I need to know why the Sony works right and the others wont. I am a legally blind guy (hence the low res) who enjoys doing graphic design so a correct monitor is important. I love my MacMini, now it just needs a good display. Help!

The problem with LCD displays is that by the very nature of LCDs, they are, essentially, fixed resolution. That's why they each have a 'native' resolution at which they work best. Unlike a CRT where the screen is a continuous coating of phosphor, and each dot lit by a scanning beam making it possible to switch between all available resolutions with no incremental degradation of sharpness, LCDs screens are comprised of physical 'dots' (the LCDs themselves in fact). The number of LCDs dictates what the native resolution is - for example, a 15" panel has 1024 LCDs horizontally, and 768 vertically. 17 and 19 inch panels have 1280 horizontally by 1024 vertically.
LCD displays can operate at lower resolution than their native settings, but in effect only by interpreting the signal, which along with the fact that then the edges of objects don't correspond to the exact edges of the LCDs themselves, gives the edges that fuzziness.
Many people with significant visual disability are left with the choice of buying very large LCD screens in order to get a usable image or hunting for the few remaining CRT screens. Some of the LCD manufacturers, aware of these problems, have been working on improved displays which give sharper results below their native settings, (and LCDs have been steadily improving over the years in this respect too) but even the best are still relatively poor compared to the sharpness achievable with a good CRT.
LCDs with DVI really are a significant improvement though, because DVI enables the system to communicate with the display without 'translating' the digital signal inside to the computer to analog signal for use by the display. That process of translating it causes degradation, which results in less contrast, lower brightness, softer color and less crispness. A DVI display will therefore look much better, because it is sharper/brighter to begin with and while it will still suffer fuzziness when set below the native resolution, will give much better results than an equivalent VGA device.
Sadly though, it's LCD technology itself which is the cause of your problem, and it may well be, depending on the degree of impairment and your particular sensitivities, that a CRT will be the only real solution. I'd recommend you have a look at good display models such as the Dell Ultrasharp range before you give up on LCDs, though these may well be stretching your budget.
As such, it might be a better solution, certainly for the short term, to find a used CRT with relatively little use, and which should be quite inexpensive, thus giving you time to look around for a good LCD, and for prices of high quality LCDs to drop a little more. I know that many companies have been throwing often very good quality CRT displays away over the last couple of years as they have upgraded to LCDs, so there's been no shortage of used ones around - often free if you know where to look!
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MacPro - Dual monitors - to link to older CRT 4:3 monitor / tv

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I didn't know where to post this, so hopefully I've come to the right place.
I have a 2008 Mac Pro, and dual DVI monitors. I have lots of older VHS tapes I want to edit and want to preview the edits on an older CRT monitor / tv I have lying around at home. It has a scart and RCA connections on it. I also have a canopus advc 300 which I use to transfer video through to my mac.
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Matt

This is how I have it thus far:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "DualSreen"
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Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0" #Screen1 at the right of Screen0
Option "Xinerama" "1" #To move windows between screens
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EndSection
Section "Monitor"
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Identifier "Device0"
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BusID "PCI:02:00.0"
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Regular Cheap CRT TV as Monitor

I searched the discussions and there was so much technical information I just got confused. I am just not up on TV technology, I guess. I am looking to buy an Intel Core Duo. I think it will end up with Windows as well as X.
If I go to Wal-Mart or somewhere like that, and get a basic, cheapo CRT TV, 27" or something, with the hookup ports in the front, will I be able to use it with a Mini? Would I also be able to use it as a regular TV? With satellite or cable hookup? What about also using it with a PS-2 game system? Would any of these uses interfere with any other uses, and if so, how?

Hello,
Standard televisions make terrible computer monitors. They don't have the same resolution that monitors do. So, the images lack detail and crispness.
It's generally tolerable for short periods of time. But, text will look terrible (if you can read it at all).
Now, if you got a television that was a high-definition television with HDMI / DVI inputs, then you could use that interface to get a nice and clear computer screen.
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I hope this helps.

CRT vs Lcd monitoring

Believe me, I've been struggling with this question for years.
For long I felt CRT monitors were better than Lcd monitors for critical color correction. But feeling the current push in Lcd technology, is the acceptance for professional LCd displays such as the JVC 24"HD ok, or do the people with the golden eyes only see the bvm CRT as the only way for critical color grading?
Knowing I usually color 1080 24p.
If you make a good living coloring, I really would appreciate your comments.
- Eric.

Someday I will be done with this question.
CRT technology fails for a number of reasons over a certain display size, and it is for those reasons that the technology is no longer acceptable,both for the technical and economic challenges. At 24", it is almost not worth the justification for HD in any sense, since that technology really only starts pulling away from what went before it at maybe 36" and beyond.
In years past, the JVC LCD's may have been competitive in terms of rendition, but suffered from massive off-angle viewing problems. It is spectacularly difficult to build a decent LCD -- if you find one in a "reasonable" price category, +caveat emptor+ -- its a $38 Rolex.
Some of the recent plasmas are pretty good. Some high-end post facilities are actually using them, but have conditioned them behind LUT-boxes like Truelight's Northlight system, among others, and have a crack staff of technicians on standby with probes in hand -- and do routine daily/weekly checks, lineups and calibrations. Most of the time, its to make sure the monitor is displaying the AIM values of the day for the associated lab, but its also because they just wander, and not just over time, but with the intensity of the picture that happens to be up.
Consumer TVs are for folks at home to kick back and watch Glee or whatever, or ignore it altogether just to have enough noise in the background to cover what's going on in the foreground.
So if you're making video that people don't watch anyway, LCD is great, and doesn't cost very much either.
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My 9.1 locks up periodically (but the cursor still moves) since I replaced two 20" CRT monitors with two Samsung 19" LCD monitors. Could this affect the performance of my machine? I've tried everything else to address the freeze problem but recall the issue started when I installed the LCD monitors. Anything I can do?

Studedot,
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Adding JBoss Application Server for Monitoring

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Just added a 30 inch monitor and have a 23 inch flat screen. slow?

Just added a 30 inch monitor and have a 23 inch flat screen. I have 6 gigs of D RAM, and run Parallels which I give 2 gig's to. Since adding the 30 inch Apple monitor and upgraded video card the Mac is running slow. Anyone know why? Should I add 2 gigs more of memory?
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He's asking what are those things you are using, i.e., ...
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