CloneZone Watchers

**frontrangeclone** · 09-01-2009, 10:02 AM

count me in on CZ.

**Arkansas** · 09-01-2009, 10:05 AM

I'll be watching CZ from NW Arkansas

**Clonefan94** · 09-01-2009, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by NIowaClone

Has anyone tried watching it on a PS3? I'll be attempting to do so. It should work, right? I wonder how it will turn out.

Test it first. The PS3 doesn't always have all of the plug-ins you need for video feeds. They just did a new update so hopefully it's in there.

**C.John** · 09-01-2009, 10:22 AM

So I'm not an IT guy (far from it) but I finally figured out how to configure the TV and the laptop in a dual monitor configuration. So I can have CZ full screen on the HDTV and still have CycloneFanatic on the laptop.

Stack of cookies to me.

Watching Coach Rhoads' press conference right now so I know that works.

**Flag Guy** · 09-01-2009, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by C.John

So I'm not an IT guy (far from it) but I finally figured out how to configure the TV and the laptop in a dual monitor configuration. So I can have CZ full screen on the HDTV and still have CycloneFanatic on the laptop.

This is what I plan to do out here in Southern Maryland. I called my cable company this week and ponied up the extra money to upgrade my download speeds - just to make sure there is no problems

I've only ever cloned my laptop screen but I plan to figure out the dual screen thing with my TV this week so I can be on CF and AIM while watching the game (made that mistake of having to switch back and forth last year... not again!)

I'll of course have my (red) grill fired up and cooking bison burgers, and a mini fridge full of cold drinks next to my couch...

If I find time (rather busy in the evenings this week) I'll be getting the red and yellow rope lights up...

I spent Sunday afternoon putting up red and yellow curtains in the living room to set the mood

(I blame the year and a half I spent working a Hilton for the way I set it up... red curtains on the outside with yellow ones in the middle)

**MidwestZest** · 09-01-2009, 10:48 AM

Count me in for CZ from central Illinois. I had it all last year, but cancelled it after basketball season for the summer. Need to make sure I subscribe again this evening and make sure everything's working. Hopefully it will not result in a debacle like the game at Toledo from 2 years ago. Oh, and I hope we don't allow 12 points in less than 2 minutes to end a game. KICK IT OUT THE BACK OF THE ENDZONE!!!!

Also, this thread might as well be called "Roll call of the out of state fans!"

**C.John** · 09-01-2009, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Flag Guy

I've only ever cloned my laptop screen but I plan to figure out the dual screen thing with my TV this week

Same here, I finally realized that once I was in dual monitor mode that I needed to drag whatever window I wanted to see on the TV over to the far right edge of the laptop and that he cursor keeps going to the other display..

Like I said I'm no IT/Computer guy.

**bgprest** · 09-01-2009, 10:55 AM

I'll be watching via Clone Zone in Plano (north of Dallas, TX).

Can you guys describe how to set up my laptop and TV for dual monitor configuration?

And, excuse my potential ignorance, but what are "CF and AIM" that Flag Guy wants to have both going during the game?

I certainly don't want any screw-ups and have the best viewing situation possible for this game. Speaking of which, there's no chance of a local Dallas sports bar being able to pull in this game is there??? I've got a local one, Austin Avenue, right down the street from me that's been pretty successfuly at pulling in games in the past that I didn't expect they could.

Thanks.

**RyCy04** · 09-01-2009, 10:58 AM

I use an s-video cable and hook the computer up to our 42" plasma. It isn't great by any means but it is better than watching it huddled around a computer monitor.

**SouthCyder** · 09-01-2009, 11:04 AM

I'll be watching from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Get home from a meeting at 8 p.m. ET. Just in time to watch the opening of a new season. Nothing better.

**Flag Guy** · 09-01-2009, 11:09 AM

Originally Posted by bgprest

I'll be watching via Clone Zone in Plano (north of Dallas, TX).

Can you guys describe how to set up my laptop and TV for dual monitor configuration?

And, excuse my potential ignorance, but what are "CF and AIM" that Flag Guy wants to have both going during the game?

Thanks.

Cyclone Fanatic (CF) and Aol Instant Messenger (AIM)

CF to talk about the game with people here (there is a thread during the game) and AIM to talk to my other friends who will also be watching via Clone Zone

I doubt any of them will get webcams... but there had been talk of using skype to do a video conference call during the game

**Flag Guy** · 09-01-2009, 11:13 AM

As for how to do it... you need a cable to connect to your TV (my computer has an S-video output, and my TV has S-video in so I use that)

Then you'll have to go to your display properties and/or graphics card to configure it... I'm sure someone more tech savy could give you more specific directions

I just know I figured out how to do it for my NVIDIA GeForce graphics card on my Dell Inspiron laptop by tinkering a bit...

**Cymaster** · 09-01-2009, 11:49 AM

Will be checking in from Pasadena.

**IcSyU** · 09-01-2009, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by bgprest

Can you guys describe how to set up my laptop and TV for dual monitor configuration?

Depends on operating systems as well as connection. You can connect via s-video or HDMI, and you'll need to go into the display properties (right click on the desktop) and then put a check next to the "Extend my screen to this monitor" on I don't remember what tab in the display properties. Then, you just drag the window back and forth across the screens.

**Wesley** · 09-01-2009, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by AustinCyclone

It does not work very well at all on the PS3. Your best bet by far is to plug your PC laptop in to your tv via a HDMI cable. Picture quality on all of the videos currently available on Clone Zone look almost HD quality doing this on to a 60' HDTV. So it will all come down to the quality of the stream on Thur night, which has been less than stellar in the past.....

If it moves, it is magic.