[mythtv-users] giving back...

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Sun Apr 2 21:11:29 UTC 2006


On 4/2/06, brian boyle <homepvr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/2/06, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > On 04/02/2006 02:56 PM, brian boyle wrote:
> > >   I just recently bought a Samsung 61" DLP TV (6168 to be exact) and
> with a
> > > little effort i got the feed from my nvidia 5200 to work with this TV.
> it
> > > looks great and so i thought that i would provide you all with my X
> config
> > > file in case anyone else decides to get this wondrous TV.
> > >
> >
> > Just in case you're interested, I got my modeline from John P. Poet
> > (he's using an HL-R6168W with first an MX-440 and then a GF5200) and it
> > works great on my HL-R6768W (with a MX-440).  He got his from "Spear"
> > (don't remember his full name) and modified it (with the help of a
> > modeline calculator at
> > http://www.tkk.fi/Misc/Electronics/faq/vga2rgb/calc.html
> ) to improve
> > the picture.  I tried to show the versions and the changes below:
> >
> > # From Spear
> > # ModeLine "1920x1080"   137.56  1920 1960 2016 2064 1080 1082 1088 1111
> > -VSync
> > # From EDID
> > # Modeline "1920x1080"   138.5   1920 1968 2000 2080   1080 1083 1088
> > 1111 +hsync -vsync
> > # Remove "Noise"
> > # Modeline "1920x1080"  138.50  1920 1968 2004 2096  1080 1083 1088 1103
> > +hsync -vsync
> > # Move left
> > # Modeline "1920x1080"  138.50  1920 1976 2012 2096  1080 1083 1088 1103
> > +hsync -vsync
> > # Move down
> > Modeline "1920x1080"   140.09  1920 1980 2016 2096   1080 1082 1087
> > 1115  +HSync -VSync
> >
> > The uncommented one is the one I'm using.
> >
> > And, I'm using "HorizSync    30-67" and "VertRefresh  56-75" based on
> > values from my "Owner's Instructions" (which is the same guide for
> > HL-R5668W, HL-R6168W, and HL-R6768W).
> >
> > Oh, and you should probably add:
> >
> > # For 1920x1080 at 100dpi  (16:9)
> >         DisplaySize  487 274
> >
> > for use with Myth.
> >
> > Mike
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> >
> Hey thats great!!!
>
>  It is way better. Thanks alot!!
>
>  Question, were do you put the DisplaySize information.
>
>  ... and here i was thinking i helping....
>
>  B.
>
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Add your findings to http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database
also, Brain is the samsung 1080p? It looks like your feeding it a
1080p signal, wondering if the TV takes it as 1080p or 1080i?

--
Steve


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