[mythtv-users] I Strayed! Now I want to come back, but with caveats

Matthew Mousseau matt at amsvans.com
Mon Apr 17 13:27:55 UTC 2006


> > 2. Resolutions problems with my HDTV. I have a Philips 50" Ambilight
> > PDP with a native resolution of 720p. And I had one HELL of a time
> > getting X to use the right resolution, it always ran over the edges! I
> > think there may have been some sort of overscanning issue, or perhaps
> > I just wasn't holding my tongue right while working on it. Either way
> > I could use some serious help here, since getting X's resolution right
> > is key to getting things to look properly.
>
> technically HDTV's should not have overscan, but they still do, ~5%. That
> said its a problem with the TV and your picture from Myth for TV should
look
> the same as if it came from a cable box/internal tuner. Myth 0.19 has
> overscan provisions though that you can use to "shrink" the output to fit
> your TV. Ideally you should get your TV tuned so you are seeing the full
> 1280x720 instead of losing 5-20% per edge.
> ----------------------------------------------
> I guess my biggest issue here is not once I launch myth, because I did
find
> ways to adjust the size / position of the GUI, but rather that I couldn't
> really effectivly use the computer outside of myth, since all the edges
(and
> hence menus) were constantly obscured

>> well, thats a TV issue, not a computer one. You could try and find a
>> modeline that places a smaller screen onto 1280x720 to try and
>> compensate for the overscan.

>> --
>> Steve

That is exactly what I don't understand how to do...



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