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HOW TO TURN OFF THE IMAC SCREEN AND WATCH TV?

HI EVERYONE , I BOUGHT AN INTEL IMAC 24'' AND A TV OUTLET ADAPTER, BASICLY I WANT PLAY MOVIES FROM MY MAC AND SEE IT IN MY TV, IS ANY SOFTWARE OR CAN I DO SOMETHING TO TURN OFF MY MAC SCREEN?
THANKS FOR YOU HELP.

imac intel 24'', Mac OS X (10.4.9), none

Posted on Oct 2, 2007 7:59 PM

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Oct 17, 2007 7:57 PM in response to alejandromiami

I as well have found no way to turn off the iMac's display!

My setup is Mini DVI video adapter, S-Video cable, 27" flat screen TV with Overscan on in Options to fill screen. Using extended desktop I drag the DVD Viewer and Control panel to the TV's display. I dislike using the mirroring feature, because it fouls the iMac's resolution when watching a movie on the TV and working on the iMac's display.

The best I have been able to come up with is:
1. To somewhat dimm the iMac's display I hide the dock, put away (yellow button) all open windows then press F9 to dimm all except the menu bar.
2. Just use a dark colored desktop image!

Capaho can you give us more details, that doesn't work for me the screensaver plays on both displays?

Greg I also use Shades and SleepDisplay there great, but they also dimm / sleep both iMac display and TV?

Dennis

Jun 17, 2008 7:11 AM in response to alejandromiami

this drives me nutz as well. i use a tshirt to cover the screen on the imac.

this seems like such a simply feature but i have yet to find a solution.

i use VLC most of the time and even if the front row or itunes trick worked most of my videos like .iso, .img, .mkv, etc... will not play on them or at least without mounting them first and that is not what i want to have to do and would not work at all with .mkv

i tried the control+shift eject thing on my imac leopard 10.5.3 and all it did was turn both screens black for a minute and then back to where they were 😟

HOW TO TURN OFF THE IMAC SCREEN AND WATCH TV?

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