[X4U] Force PB17" external projector/display to 1024x768.

James S Jones jsjones at mac.com
Mon Apr 18 09:12:27 PDT 2005


Have you done a 'detect displays' with the projector plugged in?

I have the original 17" and with at least some external displays, I get 
different resolution options depending on whether the external is 
mirroring what's on the PB display or operating as an independent, 
second display.

On Apr 18, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Robert Tillyard wrote:

> I'm using a VGA cable attached to the PowerBook's DVI-VGA adaptor, I 
> can also use S-Video but don't have a cable with me at present.
>
> The problem seems to be that I have no way of outputting  1024x768 if 
> Display Preferences doesn't think the external screen supports it, the 
> Projector is an old model (Philips Hopper SV10) and so probably 
> doesn't support plug-n-pray options like many modern LCD's do.



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