[mythtv-users] DVI 1080i via ATI Radeon DVI? pink bar issue?

[Steve Adeff]

On Sunday 08 January 2006 06:33, Adam Propeck wrote:
> On 1/7/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm looking at possibly getting a new AGP video card for my mythbox. I
> > want to
> > output 1080i DVI to my TV and since the nvidia drivers currently don't
> > allow
> > that I'm thinking of going to an ATI Radeon card. I don't use XvMC as
> > from what I read it doesn't sound like its worth the hassle, I'd just as
> > soon buy
> > a faster processor.
> >
> > What I'm worried about is the pink bar issue, which I notice on my
> > laptop's
> > ATI X200 running at 1280x768 when I try and playback HDTV. I was
> > wondering if
> > this anyone knows if this is a driver issue, if theres specific versions
> > of
> > the Radeon that don't have this issue, etc?
> >
> > I currently run Debian64 kernel=2.6.13 with Xorg 6.9.0(via Debian Back
> > Ports)
> > on my Mythbox.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > --
> > Steve
>
> Which pink bar is that? I'm running an ATI FireGL X1 -128MB (Which is
> pretty much a Radeon 9700 Pro) and I don't notice anything like that. I had
> some strange things happen when I tried out different modelines, but I can
> get 1280x768 to display no problem. I would expect that you don't have
> something quite right in your modelines. Is it the whole screen that has a
> pink bar over it? Tell us a little more. thanks, -Adam
>

I'm not too worried about my laptop right now. The modeline I'm using is the 
one the laptop monitor shows in EDID, I'm using the ati drivers.
I've read about the pink bar problem on this very list, which is why its 
something I'm concerned about on the desktop cards if I look at getting one. 
I'm going to want to run 1080i with Xv, so if theres a known card/driver 
combination that won't have this issue, then thats what I'll use, I just want 
to hear form those that might know more about it.

-- 
Steve