Equipment for Presentations

[Kyle Harriss]

Just a note:  I think the preferred input on VCR's and televisions, is
"SVHS".  I've also seen that this helps with the VGA to Video signal
converters.  Using standard "video in" jacks, there tends to be some color
bleed.  If you have to use the old fashioned jacks, adjust the color on
the set (turn DOWN the color - the closer to black and white you get, the
less color bleed).

SVHS provides some additional control over colors, and a clearer picture.
Especially helpful for small text and images with fine detail.

With standard TV sets in the US, you are still limited to either 640x480
resolution or some sort of image compression between the computer and
TV - possible resulting in poorer image quality.

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Kyle Harriss				kharriss at d.umn.edu
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On Wed, 7 May 1997, Charles R. Anderson wrote:

> 
> -
> One system that we bought that works quite well in one
> respect is the Presenter III from Consumer Technology
> Northwest, 7853 SW Cirrus Drive, Beaverton, OR 97008,
> 503-643-1662.
> 
> It's simple, just install some software, connect a cable
> from the monitor output on the PC to the device and then
> to the TV.  Text is acceptable clear IF you can use
> a TV with an SVGA input.  It is not so good with standard
> video inputs.  You can also connect it to a VCR, but again,
> the result is much better with a high quality VCR with SVGA
> input.
> 
> Cost as I remember was about $350.
> 
> Charles Anderson
> King County Library System
> 
> 
>