[mythtv-users] TV choices - was: Could we install/run Mythtv withoutX-windows

[Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.]

>>>>> Jarod Wilson writes:

j> On Sunday 11 September 2005 22:21, Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:

>>         If you're willing to have a smaller display size for SD
>> programs, you could use Myth's zoom mode to "zoom out".  Or you could
>> set Myth up to switch to an X modeline with a smaller display area.

j> I'm quite familiar with Myth's xrandr support, had to make lots of use of that 
j> with my old set. I plan to try running SDTV inside an 848x480p mode for 
j> giggles, but I believe the big "problem" is that the set is just so 
j> high-resolution and sharp, SD is going to look pretty crappy regardless. SD 
j> stuff off my cable box hooked to the TV via both DVI or component video 
j> (pushing a 480p mode for SDTV material) looks almost equally crappy already.


        I'm not sure I was clear -- I didn't mean to use a different
video resolution.   That just moves the upscaling to the TV instead of
the video card and I agree that will probably look equally bad.  What I
meant was to use a modeline with the same timing as the native
resolution but with a smaller display area (making it look like a
severely underscanned picture).  You get the same effect as "zooming
out" -- a smaller screen more appropriate for the viewing distance.
-- 
Gregorio Gervasio, Jr.