[mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions?

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Wed Jan 4 23:40:45 UTC 2006


I second the motion to check out avsforum.  If you are worried about the
quality difference between the PC input and HDMI, you probably shouldn't
have purchased an LCD panel.

On 1/4/06, James C. Dastrup <jc at dastrup.com> wrote:
>
> No, PC input is the same quality as DVI. At least on my TV
> (Samsung 61" DLP and ATI 9600), PC and DVI/HDMI quality is equal.
>
> Also FYI, I'm not sure if it's my ATI card's DVI out, or my TV's
> processing,
> but when I use HDMI, there is a slight delay in the picture from the
> source.
> This results in the audio being out of sync, although it is very very
> slight.
> I can compensate with my receiver's adjustements, but I don't have to when
> I use PC.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org on behalf of Joshua Ferraro
> Sent: Wed 1/4/2006 4:24 PM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Large LCD Televisions?
>
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 04:05:51PM -0700, James C. Dastrup wrote:
> > Use the PC-Input instead of HDMI.  With the PC input, X will
> automatically configure itself,
> > since it will be able to read the monitor information.  You don't even
> need a modeline.
> > The Samsung TV's are pretty good, I have one myself.  If you have too
> much overscan or
> > underscan, you can compensate quite a bit of it using the TV.
> Ho hum ... doesn't that defeat the purpose of having digital HDMI in the
> first place? I thought the PC output would be much poorer quality than
> the DVI on my ATI card ...
>
> Joshua
>
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