[mythtv-users] Do I need a new DVI cable for 1080p?

Byron Poland wpoland at gmail.com
Thu Jan 5 23:12:41 UTC 2006


On 1/5/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 January 2006 16:00, Yeechang Lee wrote:
> > kteague at speakeasy.net <kteague at speakeasy.net> says:
> > > Based on the information I read here:
> > >    http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html#Page03
> > > I don't think a dual-link cable would do you any good, as the monitor can
> > > d= isplay a maximum resolution of 1920x1080.
> >
> > Yes, but that Webpage is almost certainly assuming 1080i on the part
> > of the reader. I figure that if my card can do 1080p, and the monitor
> > can do 1080p (and, of course, all LCD panels are by definition
> > progressive devices, whether or not the input signal is such), so I'd
> > want the connection in between to be able to handle 1080p. Based on my
> > reading of Xorg.log my cable doesn't seem to qualify.
>
> from my quick google search it appears that single-link 1080p DVI cables
> exist, which would lead me to assume that single link is capable of 1080p
> signal transmission.
>
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> Steve
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I have the same TV, the LVM-37w1, and drive it with an nvidia 6200
through the DVI (1) - the one on the left when facing the screen, its
the only one capable of accepting 1080p.  I didn't do any research on
cables, and used one I had bought a few years ago for an lcd monitor. 
It was probably the cheapest one I could get at the time.  I don't
have any issues with the display, some motion problems with live
programing, but that is  a software, or pc hardware issue.  Myth
displays wonderfully.  I used a modeline from an email to this list
from Jarod.


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