[Hidden-tech] renting a projector for Mac people

[Will Loving]

As someone else mentioned, all projectors have standard VGA input which is
the normal video out on nearly all laptops, Mac or PC. The trick is what I
mentioned about changing the display settings. The "simulscan" options only
become available in the Display Prefs when the Powerbook detects that the
video out is actually connected to something. Depending on the Powerbook, a
restart may be required.

What was confusing to me was that the projector would display the startup
screen at first but would then would go blank. It was only after I changed
the Display Pref to one of the Simulscan resolutions that the projection
signal came back.

Will


on 5/27/05 9:27 AM, Giannina Granata Silverman at
gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com wrote:

> Thanks. Sounds great!
> I was really adamant about having a Mac place help me with this because
> I have tried other random projectors and they never interfaced properly
> with my laptop.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> 
> On May 27, 2005, at 9:22 AM, Will Loving wrote:
> 
>> Yes Computers in Northampton has a nice Epson projector for rent. I've
>> used
>> it a couple of times and had no problem with it other than figuring
>> out that
>> I needed to restart and then change the Display settings to one of the
>> "Simulscan" modes that becomes available in the Display Preferences
>> list
>> when you hook up an external display.
>> 
>> Will Loving
>> 
>> 
>> on 5/26/05 6:49 PM, Giannina Granata Silverman at
>> gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Hidden-techies,
>>> 
>>> Do you any of you Mac folk know where I can rent a Mac-friendly LCD
>>> projector?
>>>   I need to do a presentation off of my laptop, and would like to
>>> rent a
>>> projector for  a day.
>>> 
>>> Also, please recommend places where a friendly person might help me
>>> ensure that I can get it up and running. Meaning, this person would
>>> show me how to run it.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> Giannina Silverman
>>> 
>>> Giannina Granata Silverman
>>> Rocket Ranch Design + Advertising
>>> gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com
>>> 413.584.2031
>>> fax: 413.280.0038
>>> www.RocketRanchDesign.com
>> 
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> Giannina Granata Silverman
> Rocket Ranch Design + Advertising
> gsilverman at rocketranchdesign.com
> 413.584.2031
> fax: 413.280.0038
> www.RocketRanchDesign.com
> 
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