Dear User,

I am not telling you to change your mind but you can try this :

Download a ppt to dvd converter from :
http://www.programurl.com/software--1-powerpoint-dvd-creator-15804.html

Then burn the file to a dvd or cd .
Burner : www.nero.com

Now using a dvd or cd player you can view the presentation very clearly on
TV.

Suvodip Moitra

Donna,

Yes.

Yes. Give yourself plenty of margin (or safe area). As anything viewed on a TV is over projected....or in other
words.....your information gets cut off if you have not left a safe margin around the whole page/screen

The DVI connectors are a relatively new connection on most modern graphics cards. They send the signal from the computer
to the screen/projector/monitor as a digital signal. So it's a very good signal. (the old SVGA connectors are analog so
suffer from conversion from digital to analog and back to digital)

See
http://www.projectorpeople.com/tutorials/dvi-connections.asp
and
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_dvi.html

Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp

awesome - powerpoint backgrounds,
free powerpoint templates, tutorials, hints and tips etc
http://www.powerpointbackgrounds.com

If your graphics card supports this resolution then definitely yes.
Otherwise the plasma will scale whatever you give it (within reason) to
852x480.  If the resolution that your PC is pumping out is higher than that
display resolution then there's an argument for designing to the PC's
resolution rather than the final display resolution.  Otherwise the PC will
scale your image up only for the plasma to scale it down again.  Each time
the image gets scaled there's a chance that it will get softer due to pixel
interpolation.

Probably not, or at least very little, if you're using a plasma with an RGB
computer / DVI input as you are.  Will you get a chance to run a test?

Hello again, everyone. Hope y'all are still following this thread!

Many thanks to Sonia, TAJ & Adam for all the help. I'm now trying the PPT ->
Camtasia -> DVD method (hey, this works!!), and I'm running into a few snags.
Not sure what I'm not doing properly.

I did a sample PPT of about 7 slides - no more than 8 elements on a slide,
basic entrances (wipe, slide, dissolve) only, and fade through black as the
common slide transition. I have Camtasia setup as outlined in the SUPER
tutorial Sonia suggested (via http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00156.htm).
Ended up with a very nice presentation. Not perfect, but a good start.

Now I'm expanding that original test and am having difficulties getting the
element animations and slide transitions appearing as they originally do
during the PPS on the final DVD. The animation/movie that appears in the DVD
now is sticky & jumpy...no more nice fades, slides or dissolves.

I checked out the original AVIs - they are not as smooth as the original
PPT/PPS but *are* smoother than the final DVD. And I've also ended up with an
(mouse) hourglass right in the middle of the AVI...something that **is not
there** during the recording process. Egads!!

I've played with both the frame rate and graphics accelerator to no avail;
I'm back to the recommended settings from the tutorial. I understand that the
DVD version is not going to be as refined as the original. At this point,
though, if I have to stick with the DVD output option, I think I'm better off
eliminating the animations & transitions, and just doing a photo show.

What am I not doing right? What setting am I missing?

Thanks, everyone!