Best external connection

i have a massive plasma and would love to have my new macbook use it as an additional screen vis the mini dvi port but whats bes dvi to vga or dvi to dvi?? i have been told vga is best but surely digital is better for flat screens? if i go dvi to dvi i have to convert this to hdmi so it go (mini dvi to dvi to hdmi) i gont have a vga input on my plasma just hdmi/component/rgb-scart/video via audio plugs and s-video?? i had my emac set up on it and the picture was great with dvd of movies but on the desktop/ finder it was extream ly blurry vis the mini vga to s-video output??

You can try the mini DVI to DVI adapter and then a DVI to HDMI cable. It might work. But it might not, too. It would be best if you searched around using your TVs model number to see if others have had success attaching it to a computer.
Or if you don't mind risking the cost of the cables, you can try for yourself. Maybe a retailer will let you return the cables if things don't work out.

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    Hi Ronald,
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    -----Mensaje original-----
    De: Ronald Celis <[email protected]>
    Para: Daniel <[email protected]>; Ming Yan, Lam <[email protected]>
    CC: Jose Ignacio <[email protected]>; Manuel_Fern&aacute;ndez <[email protected]>;
    Federico_Mu&ntilde;oz <[email protected]>; Lista_Fort&eacute; <[email protected]>
    Fecha: lunes 20 de diciembre de 1999 16:33
    Asunto: RE: (forte-users) Forte External Connection - Physical Port
    Did you try to use the ExternalConnection Class??????????????
    it's documented in the "Integrating with External Systems" Forte Manualpage 228 )
    >
    Hope this help
    --- Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hello Lam,
    I had some experience about this problem and first answer is that you
    MUST
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    Best regards,
    Daniel.
    Daniel Gonz&aacute;Lucas
    EAM Sistemas Inform&aacute;ticos S.L.
    tel. + 34 983 35 29 22
    fax.+ 34 983 35 21 15
    e-mail:[email protected]
    -----Mensaje original-----
    De: Ming Yan, Lam <[email protected]>
    Para: Forte Users Group <[email protected]>
    Fecha: jueves 16 de diciembre de 1999 8:55
    Asunto: (forte-users) Forte External Connection - Physical Port
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    Ming Yan
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    Did you try to use the ExternalConnection Class??????????????
    it's documented in the "Integrating with External Systems" Forte Manual ( page 228 )
    Hope this help
    --- Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
    Hello Lam,
    I had some experience about this problem and first answer is that you MUST
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    1) Open serial port.
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    3) Write to serial port.
    4) Read from serial port.
    5) Check if there is something in serial port.
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    Best regards,
    Daniel.
    Daniel Gonz&aacute;lez de Lucas
    EAM Sistemas Inform&aacute;ticos S.L.
    tel. + 34 983 35 29 22
    fax.+ 34 983 35 21 15
    e-mail:[email protected]
    -----Mensaje original-----
    De: Ming Yan, Lam <[email protected]>
    Para: Forte Users Group <[email protected]>
    Fecha: jueves 16 de diciembre de 1999 8:55
    Asunto: (forte-users) Forte External Connection - Physical Port
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    the login: forte and the password: archive. To unsubscribe, send in a new
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