Monster Out Of A Box II

While I was at work yesterday I decided to rummage through the junkyard of discarded computer components we have in search of a VGA cable. Tangled amongst the Ethernet cables and old keyboards, I found one, and was pleased.
However, upon closer inspection I found that one end was missing several pins, rendering it useless.
I did some more digging and found what might have been another one. I couldn't say for certain initially because it had never actually been used, and so both ends were wrapped in some packaging foam and there were plastic covers on them. Removing all of that, I found it to be a DVI cable.
Undaunted (well, maybe slightly daunted), I dove back in and kept digging until at last I found my treasure: an apparently never-used VGA cable!
(FYI, for anyone wondering, I had my manager's permission to take it.)
Once I got home I turned off the computer, hooked up the TV, turned it all on, set the input to "PC," and...nothing.
The TV said "No Input Detected."
I waited for everything to finish loading on the computer, then went to the Display properties and clicked on the properties for the second monitor.
Everything was grayed out, but I noticed that the resolution was set for 1920x1080. Simply ticking "Extend my Windows desktop to this monitory" brought the TV to life in glorious 1080p.
Success!
Now, I will say that using it for simple tasks like Web surfing is a little on the ridiculous side, at least when you're sitting up close, but it's only for a week, and it's still pretty cool.
And let me tell you, Carla Gugino looked even better in 1080p than I thought she would.
In any case, here are some pictures.


Here we see it freshly torn out of its packaging.


It positively dwarfs my 20.1" monitor, and a larger than life image of Scarlett Johansson's backside is always a plus.


Sitting at the desk and reading something at the top of a Web page can be a strain on the neck.