TV for the mini

Question

I want to get a 40" (or so) LCD TV to connect to a Mac Mini. I have read Macworld's warnings about converting DVI to HDMI (sometimes okay, but not always), so I'm looking for a selection of LCD TVs with DVI inputs, but I'm not finding them.
Please post any brands and models of 40ish" LCD TVs with DVI inputs. Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello BSteely,
I know this topic becomed a little bit boring already, but I would like to ask the best expert for SwitchRes and DisplaConfigX, for a big favour, for advice.
I have avised my cousin to buy Apple Mini as a entertainment center for his living room so I feel quite responsible that it is not working like a entertainment center yet ... at this moment it is a small box of big troubles ;-(.
He has bought brand new PHILIPS 32PF9830 lcd television with HDMI and DVI inputs, you can find more specifications at:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/catalog/product.jsp?language=en&country =GB&catalogType=CONSUMER&productId=32PF983010_GBCONSUMER#
When we conected MacMini to his Philips LCD we got not realy sharp and croped desktop picture (the toolbar at the top missing). After while the picture become untable too and finaly it disapeared. Next day it was back on, but few moments later ... same situation. The picture is not stable for more than 2mins even on 640x480 resolution.
So my question #1:
There is possibility to install new settings for other unattached display (if you click on "Settings of:" field in SwitchRes control panel). But you need to fill in right parametres for Vendor ID(hexadecimal) and Product ID(hexadecimal). Where do I find these hexadecimal IDs? I know that Product ID usually coresponds with last four characters of Product Code line in DCC output of SwitchRes. But in our DCC there are only zeroes there and where do we find Vendor hex ID-Philips? (this might give me chance to install new set of resolution for our Philips LCD while MiniMac conected to some of our monitors we use Macs daily, I guess)
question-BIG favour #2:
I am realy out of league with finding right parametres by the DCC output, I still do not get how do you calculate PixelClock, H&V Front Porches, H&V Sync Width, H&V Back Porches, H&V active.... since I have mostly only one attempt to set it up while is picture stable, I have almost now chances to play around. I would apreciate if you would explain how did you calculate each of these values, it might help other people to do not bother you with the same question again and again , but I do understand, it could be even more time consuming so if you do not want to explain it, absolutely no problem, you have done lots of goodness here already.
here is our DCC output for PHILIPS 32PF9830:
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX for display
Philips FTV (1)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 41 0C 00 00 01 01 01 01
1 | 00 00 01 03 80 40 24 78 0A E6 92 A3 54 4A 99 26
2 | 0F 4A 4C 21 08 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 1D 80 D0 72 1C 16 20 10 2C
4 | 25 80 80 68 21 00 00 9E 01 1D 80 18 71 1C 16 20
5 | 58 2C 25 00 80 68 21 00 00 9E 00 00 00 FC 00 50
6 | 68 69 6C 69 70 73 20 46 54 56 0A 20 00 00 00 FD
7 | 00 30 3E 0F 32 09 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 E3
Valid DDC block: checksum passed
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........PHL
Product Code........0 (0000) (0000)
Serial Number.......16843009
Manufactured........Week 0 of year 1990
Max H Size..........64 cm
Max V Size..........36 cm
Gamma...............2.20
DPMS Supported Features:
Display type:
RGB color display
Input signal & sync:
Digital
Color info:
Red x = 0.640 Green x = 0.290 Blue x = 0.150 White x = 0.289
Red y = 0.330 Green y = 0.600 Blue y = 0.060 White y = 0.299
Established Timings:
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
Standard Timing Identification:
Monitor Description blocks:
Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 540 @ 50Hz
H. Active...............1920 pixels
H. Blanking.............720 pixels
V. Active...............540 lines
V. Blanking.............22 lines
HSync Offset............528 pixels
HSync Pulse Width.......44 pixels
VSync Offset............2 lines
VSync Pulse Width.......5 lines
Pixel Clock.............74.25MHz
Horizontal freq.........28.12kHz
Vertical freq...........50.04Hz
H Image Size............640mm
V Image Size............360mm
H Border................0 pixels
V Border................0 lines
Interlaced
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 540 @ 60Hz
H. Active...............1920 pixels
H. Blanking.............280 pixels
V. Active...............540 lines
V. Blanking.............22 lines
HSync Offset............88 pixels
HSync Pulse Width.......44 pixels
VSync Offset............2 lines
VSync Pulse Width.......5 lines
Pixel Clock.............74.25MHz
Horizontal freq.........33.75kHz
Vertical freq...........60.05Hz
H Image Size............640mm
V Image Size............360mm
H Border................0 pixels
V Border................0 lines
Interlaced
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
Descriptor #2 is Monitor name:
Philips FTV
Descriptor #3 is Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......15-50 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........48-62 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Please tell me if I should check the "Interlaced" box and "Positive sync" boxes so I can not screw it with these mistakes .
Manual of this PHILIPS lcd TV says that in PC mode it should run optimaly in 1024x768 resolution 60Hz (it is Europe TV with PAL tuner abble to display NTSC ofcourse).
I have no idea how we can revange for all you are doing here for us, I do appreciate it very much, if you have some computer problem ask me and I will see what can I do for you, it would be a pleasure for me to help you with something .
Thanks a lot for any help,
have a nice day,
Marco