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serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

mike- posted:

I have a monoprice hdmi adapter and it passes audio perfectly.

I have the newer and older monoprice adapter and they both pass audio from 2011 13 in macbook pro perfectly.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2011 14:18

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 13:24

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Lilleput posted:

Apple TV is finally landing in European countries today. But it's probably going to get updated soon anyway right?

I was waiting to see if they were updated today but guess not. Was kind of hoping they threw the A5 in there at this event. I'll wait it out a bit more I guess.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2011 23:55

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I have had two brother laser printers that I have used over the years with different versions of OS X. They're pretty hassle free.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2013 04:58

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

If you're in NJ amazon started charging tax in July. You can order from BH photo though and save money on state tax. They also have good prices on AppleCare.

# ¿ Dec 30, 2013 02:13

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Has anyone used a Visa card with warranty extension for any repairs? Is it as simple as the American Express process being described?

# ¿ Jan 6, 2014 17:29

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

MicroCenter's prices are pretty good. Could also order from bhphoto.com, they have pretty good prices and don't charge sales tax. Their store and warehouse are in NY so it ships pretty quick to NJ.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2014 05:57

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I have a Dell U2713HM and it works with my late 2014 Mac Mini.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2017 05:04

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Shaocaholica posted:

Is it for Justice League 2?

# ¿ Mar 16, 2018 03:14

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Think amazon has them on sale right now for $99.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 20:56

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Anker usually has some USB-C dongles on sale on amazon that have USB ports, SD card reader and HDMI.

I have this one.

serebralassazin fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Apr 8, 2020

# ¿ Apr 8, 2020 20:19

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

CBS all access is doing the stand remake. It starts the 17th I think.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2020 22:37

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Yea, if you read a decent amount on your computer investing in a 4K monitor is worth it. Text looks way better.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2021 17:40

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

LionArcher posted:

This is true, but to make it comparable to apple retina, you need a 24 inch monitor. 27 4K is much more popular, but it will look fuzzy (text at close anyway) compared to apple laptop screens. 27 for that level of clarity needs 5K screens. It's why my iMac has "ruined" me looking at regular 4K big monitors for my writing work. Even just typing in Scrivener looks so much sharper on my iMac. I just wish more companies made 5K monitors that were of good quality that weren't super expensive.

Yea, I upgraded to a 27 inch 4K and while it is noticeably better than my 27 inch 1440p from years ago, it still gets beat by a retina screen.

# ¿ Apr 12, 2021 23:07

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Hitch posted:

Any thoughts on the Apple TV? I have an Amazon Fire Cube or whatever and have found it to be super slow. I also have a Samsung TV that has some apps but is also slow. Played around with a Roku at my parents house which feels faster and responsive but may not play well with everything. I just feel like the TV device market is a bit lacking. We have iPhones, Amazon Echos (though Alexa is worthless IMO, a Nest, Ring Doorbell, etc. the whole home device market is all over the place and I hate it bc no one has a good enough ecosystem to go all in on. So long story short, is the new Apple TV coming out on May 24 a good entertainment experience? Any significant changes since I had it last about 10 years ago?

As others have said it's a great box. It's pricey but it's not littered with ads. Apps get updated routinely since it's built off iOS. Even the now old 4K model is plenty fast. One nitpick maybe if you have a a surround receiver is that it doesn't have an option pass through audio. It decodes all audio to PCM and sends that out.

# ¿ May 10, 2021 16:57

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

This made me laugh. Thank you.

# ¿ May 22, 2021 20:20

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

If you have a store close to you check if you can trade in at the store.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2021 14:28

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I used to use a 27 inch dell running at 1440p with my Mac mini. I upgraded to a 27 inch 4K dell. Running it at 1440p scaled looks better than native 1440p.

Here's a pic I took. 4K monitor running at 1080p.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2021 17:13

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Did we just get a new thread title?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2021 04:09

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Monterey will be released next Monday. Think they did a press release after the event.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2021 21:21

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Skeezy posted:

Anyone have any experience with the mail in trade in process? On the day the new Pros came out I was able to find a store close to me that had them available. I decided instead of driving over I�d just do the same day delivery on it.

I did the entire thing with my Apple Card and initiated a trade in with my older M1 Air. Got the instant credit and I did get the mail in kit Friday. Now my understanding was that Apple Stores do take trade-ins as well and I�d prefer to go that route to eliminate any potential mix ups or lost packages.

I went today to the Apple Store and they tell me that for some reason they can�t take in the Air since it�s not showing up on the order for the Pro for whatever reason. I say fine, I can just mail it in but I decide to call Apple to see what�s what.

They tell me over the phone that because I had the Pro delivered to me I have to mail in my Air instead. I can�t trade it into a store. Is this how it normally is or what�s the deal with it? I can mail it tomorrow if need be but I don�t know I rather just take it myself to a store.

I might just be worrying too much.

Edit: Really thinking on it, it shouldn�t matter if I had it delivered or picked it up myself. Trade ins a trade in. Even on the site it says you can do this:

Edit 2: Spoke to someone else about it over chat this time and I guess the end result is I hosed up and chose to have it mailed in? I don�t know. I�ll just send the drat thing over the mail and be done with it lol.

I've used apple's trade-in program with different devices. So far I haven't had an issue. I take down the tracking number for the label and usually just add that to deliveries app so I can see when it gets to their location.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2021 00:41

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Sounds like they want to use a mini as a second monitor at home and occasionally use it on the go. You could get a decent IPS monitor for significantly cheaper than a mini, so if you aren't going to use the mini much outside of sidecar I'd say save your money.

# ¿ Dec 26, 2021 23:20

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I'm using this to connect my Mac mini to a 4K Dell.

USB-IF Certified Cable Matters 10 Gbps Gen 2 USB C to USB C Cable 3.3 ft / 1m with 8K Video and 100W Power Delivery in Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L0F6AJI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_RJBPS0QB7Z42V5FNP3NC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

# ¿ Jan 21, 2022 13:54

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

hypnophant posted:

Since we�re still doing cablechat, anyone have an opinion on cablematters? they look to be a little less bargain basement than monoprice but still have a good inventory

I've bought a few of their cables and haven't had any issues. I thought they were one of the better brands of cables on Amazon.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2022 17:12

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Yea. Friends and I put in orders. They had a M2 MacBook Air with 24gb of ram and 256 SSD for 800. Hoping they don't cancel.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2023 18:38

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Figured it was a price error.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2023 04:26

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Corb3t posted:

I definitely need multiple cables for multiple devices charging at the same time.

Portable Batteries (one for phone, one for tablet or laptop), Steam Deck, Switch, Tablet, Laptop, Watch, Headphones, Phone.

Realistically, I want a 3 outlet 100-150w travel usb c power brick with a usb a port �just in case�.

This is on sale. They had one of these on sale a while ago for like $24. I picked it up and have been using it. Works well so far.
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=41986

# ¿ Apr 2, 2023 20:19

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

Rumors were $3000 USD.

# ¿ Jun 5, 2023 19:55

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I have a Dell Ultrasharp I use with a M2 Mac mini and it uses YCbCr by default. I think I remember tinkering around to see if I could get it to use RGB but I don't do anything needing color accuracy so didn't care enough to actually fix it.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 16:35

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# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 13:24

serebralassazin: Feb 20, 2004; I wish I had something clever to say.

I am using a cable matters USB-C cable that's certified 10gbps Gen 2 by USB-IF and it still does it for what it's worth.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 18:40

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