[mythtv-users] VGA to Component on WEGA

[Barry Jett]

On 5/19/05, Cory Papenfuss <papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 May 2005, Eric Jensen wrote:
> 
> > I have a Sony Wega FD Trinitron (KV-36FS100) hooked up with a VGA to
> > Component adapter.  I am having some troubles getting it to output
> > correctly on theTV.  I spent several hours going through various guides
> > meant more for the HDTV models, but with no luck.  Mostly because I
> > don't understand video at all, I'm sure.  It looks the the refresh and
> > colors are good, the video doesn't roll or anything like that.  But it
> > is squished and repeated into 3 columns accross the TV.  If anybody has
> > some tips on what I need to put in my xorg.conf that would be greatly
> > appreciated.  I'll put what I have now up too.
> >
>         If it is squished and repeated three times, then the refresh is
> *NOT* good.  The TV is not syncing to the signal you are providing.  It
> sounds like it's catching the vertical sync, but not the horizontal.
> 
> >    ModeLine "ATSC-480-59.94p" 23.916 640 664 736 760 480 482 488 525
> 
>         The frequencies on this seem to be correct for 480p (23.916e6/760
> = 31.468kHz = 2x 15.734 kHz = 2x SDTV).  You might try appending one of
> these to the end of the modeline to see if you can convince the transcoder
> to change its sync to something the TV likes.
> +vsync +hsync
> +vsync -hsync
> -vsync +hsync
> -vsync -hsync
> 
>         Also, check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and make sure you're
> using the ATSC-480-59.94p modeline... the other ones are NOT 480p.  Since
> you're seeing three squished images, I'm suspect that you are using the
> 72p one.
> 
> -Cory
> 
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> * Cory Papenfuss                                                        *
> * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student               *
> * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University                   *
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Eric,

I looked up my purchase of the hdmi to dvi-d cable.  I purchased the
premium cable
from pccables.com for $34.00 .  They have good pictures of the cable
ends .  Just
FYI, I was pleased with the service from pccables.com and the cable. 
It has gold
plated pins and looks fairly rugged.

Barry