[mythtv-users] HD1080i or HD480i? 6600 Component out

[yan seiner]

Alex Brekken wrote:

>
> >Some VGA cables block the EDID query.  Some of these are the extremely
> >expensive ones, too, so it's not a quality thing--just a design thing.
> >Got any other VGA cables?
>
> I'm just using a cheap Belkin VGA cable.  I was actually planning to 
> get a decent one, but neither Best Buy nor CompUSA had anything better 
> than the one I got.  But regardless, even if I was able to get EDID 
> information, would it matter?  I know I've seen other emails to the 
> list where people claimed that modelines were unnecessary with VGA 
> input... 


Google for read-edid.  Install and test.  I think he has some info about 
modelines as well.

--Yan