[mythtv-users] MX440/Radeon wars (Was: Hardware ideas)

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Dan Morphis wrote:

> Clyde Stubbs wrote:
>
>>  On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:32:24PM -0400, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
>>
>> > My picture is much better than what my Tivo produced on my 32 inch
>> > standard def Wega TV.
>>
>>
>>  Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe your TV does progressive scan
>>  @31.5kHz. Mine doesn't and that's the core of the problem.
>
>
> J Donavan, can you confirm this?  I have that same tv, I'd like to 
> push a progressive signal to it if possible.
>
Well, it looked just as good on my old 53 inch rear projection unit as 
well (or at least as well as that thing could look in comparison to a 
Wega).  I've tried to look into timings for the TV so I could fine tune 
things, but I've not had any luck.  This is an older Wega, I've had it 
for 3 or so years...

Here's the relevant sections of my XF86Config:

Identifier   "TV"
    VendorName   "All"
    ModelName    "Standard NTSC TV"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 50.0
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 60.0
    ModeLine     "800x600" 40.1 800 848 968 1056 600 601 605 628
    Option        "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Videocard0"
    Driver      "nvidia"
    VendorName  "Chaintech"
    BoardName   "nVidia GeForce 4 MX 440"
    Option        "RenderAccel" "1"
    # TV Out Setup
    Option        "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"
    Option        "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
    Option        "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
    Option        "TVOverScan" ".7"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Videocard0"
    Monitor    "TV"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes    "800x600"
    EndSubSection
EndSection