The gentleman's way

Yesterday, a junior by the name of Michael (this guy rocks!) told me one of the most hilarious jokes I had ever heard of this month.

Ever heard of mindf***s? They're pictures that seem normal, but upon closer look, you see something scary. Example at right (the mindf**k in this pic is the guy in the window) ->
They're known to have the subtitle, "When you'll see it, you'll s**t bricks".
Michael revealed to me another version of this that made me laugh so hard, I did nearly s**t bricks: The gentleman's way. "When thou has viewed it, thou shalt eject bricks from thy rectum."
If you don't get it, that's OK. You don't need to.

My talk about computers today will be using your TV as a monitor for your computer, which could be useful for showing PowerPoints on your HDTV, or possibly watching that cool movie you have on your comp.

Whenever I want to do this, I use an HDMI cable.

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data.

Or in other words, it's a device/cable that can transmit digital data, like TV, computers, etc.  If this sounds like a really cool and helpful tool, congratulations! You're correct!
To use such a helpful tool, one must have these items:

• An HDMI compatible computer (one that has a port that looks similar to this)
• An HDMI compatible TV (most relatively new TVs have HDMI ports)
• An HDMI cable (Be careful, some can be really really expensive)

It's extremely easy to do:

1. Plug cord into both computer and TV.
2. Configure settings in your TV to view the port used on your TV (if you used port HDMI5, for example, change your input to HDMI5 or however you do it on your TV)
   
3. Press the CRT/LCD button on your computer (if it has it, it may not)
4. You can now switch between having the screen on the TV only, on the computer only, or both at the same time. However, please note that it isn't a monitor and cannot be used to extend your desktop, but just project it onto your TV.

I have sucessfully done it on my TV, but for some reason the screen doesn't fit exactly to my TV, and that is because my computer screen size does not match my TV (1800 x 800 VS 2000 x 3000), so the TV just projects the screen the biggest it can without stretching it and causing the image to get distorted. Luckily, my TV has the option to zoom in, making the screen easier to see but also cutting off the screen a little.

HDMI. There are good sides and down sides to it, but it's fast, easy, and the best in quality.