[mythtv-users] hdtv modeline question
Drew Tomlinson
drew at mykitchentable.net
Fri May 6 18:57:49 UTC 2005
On 5/5/2005 3:32 PM Xiaotian Sun wrote:
>On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <sun.xiaotian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>On 5/5/05, Donavan Stanley <geckofiend at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On 5/5/05, Xiaotian Sun <sun.xiaotian at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a 42" Plasma HDTV (Vizio P42HD), with VGA (D-Sub) and DVI
>>>>>inputs. It has a native resolution of 1024x768. For now I've been
>>>>>running my display at this resolution via VGA connection. I have got
>>>>>any luck with the DVI connection. The text messages at boot time
>>>>>displays fine via DVI, but the X Window doesn't.
>>>>>
>>>>>I also haven't got any luck to come up with a modeline that works
>>>>>great for my TV.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Try this one:
>>>>
>>>>Modeline "1280x720" 74.25 1280 1316 1452 1644 720 720 723
>>>>751 -hsync +vsync
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>It sort of works, but part of the display goes outside screen. But
>>>the display quality looks about the same as a 1024x768 at 60Hz.
>>>
>>>
>>That screen LOOKED like it was a widescreen, it may very well be that it's not.
>>
>>
>>
>
>I know 1024x768 is 4:3 in pixels. But these 42" Plasma displays often
>have this native resolution because their pixels are not square. And
>it claims support 720p and 1080i. I just couldn't get anything like
>that work greatly. I actually can display something via the VGA
>connection using some modeline I found online for 1080i. But the
>texts, even the mythtv menus, are flicking.
>
>
I'm no expert but in my limited experience with MythTV on a VGA screen,
I got flickering text when "bob" was selected as deinterlace setting in
MythTV.
HTH,
Drew
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