[mythtv-users] Modelines/Video timings

[Curtis Wood]

   Hi, I've got somewhat of a similar problem - cant get anything better
than 720x480 (ATI8500 -> DVI -> hitachi 57" HDTV). I believe the 640x480
is default when X cant find any other resolution to use. From what I
have read, with the research Ive pulled off, is that what ever you can
manage in Windoze with the powerstrip you can get under X - all you have
to do is convert it to XFree86 modeline style. I think I read that the
latest version of the strip does this for you. If not, its not that hard
to figure out, do some searches on google with HDTV and powerstrip or
something with Linux in the search and you should come across some hits
with the windows timings, linux and powerstrip - and then figure out how
to convert from there.
   Anything you find out, Id be interested in knowing too ;-)

Curtis

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 00:08, Gerald Gryschuk wrote:
> hi.
> 
> Well I've just spent two days trying to get Powerstrip to output a
> signal that my TV would use correctly. I'm about to give up and move on
> to something else but I thought I would try here first for a possible
> solution.
> 
> The situation is that I'm trying to output video to my Panasonic HDTV
> using a VGA to 3 component video adapter at greater than 640x480. My
> specs are as follows,I have both an nvidia and ATI video cards and I
> don't care which one I use to make this work
> 
> 
> Panasonic HDTV PT-47WX52CF
> NVIDIA GeForce MX440 64MB from MSI or ATI Radeon 9200 SE 128MB from
> Saphire
> Key Digital Systems ClearColor3 VGA to 3 Component video adapter
> ABIT KV7 Motherboard
> 512 MB
> AMD Athlon 2600+
> 
> If anyone has suggestions for Modelines that should make this work I'd
> appreciate hearing from you. Please note which video card they are for.
> 
> On the other hand should I send the KDS adapter back and try the Audio
> Authority(or other, suggestions please?). Or should I chuck it all and
> try the X-Box front-end? Besides the extra time, the X-Box is actually
> cheaper than the KDS and comparable to the Audio Authority.(I do know
> that the X-box currently only does 480p for HDTV but the potential is
> there.)
> 
> All suggestions are welcome at this point. I don't really want to go
> back to S-Video.
> 
> Thanks kindly.