[mythtv-users] pcHDTV - 2 questions
Ian Forde
ian at duckland.org
Wed Nov 5 20:47:27 EST 2003
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 07:32, Brian Foddy wrote:
> I guess that gets to my original question. If I get the VGA-Component
> converters and hook everything thing up for that signal / resolution,
> now I want to display a std NTSC 4x3 picture, I guess it will show the
> black borders. Which isn't good for my TV because of burn-in. Right now
> I use a VGA-SVideo converter and then the use one of the TVs stretch/zoom
> modes to fill the whole screen. Its not like I can easily switch back
> and forth. Theoretically, it might be possible to put a second video
> card and run a second frontend instance, feeding the second to one of
> the TV svideo inputs while the other feeds a component input. Or
> 2 machines. Or maybe I'll have to get used to a zoom mode :)
> But either way, I think I understand my problem.
> Thanks,
> Brian
Actually, on my Toshiba 40h80 tv, I'm using a VGA-Component converter
and my TV doesn't let me switch display modes when using component input
either. It's not a problem for myth though. It displays full width
just fine... nothing special to configure (other than the modeline
stuff...)
-I
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