[mythtv-users] widescreen from pvr-350

[Curtis Preston]

I said:
> I recommend using a VGA -> component adapter.  DVI & component can
both
> do HD, but the component is a lot easier to figure out what settings
to
> use.


Then you said:
>or a video card with DVI and component output. The advantage of the VGA

>converter is that its guaranteed to work and be easy to setup, they're
just 
>more expensive than a new Nvidia card with component output with a
>dedicated HDTV tuner chip (so you use the tv-out functions 
>and just set it to "HDTV").

Absolutely more expensive.  I was just looking to minimize the number of
things that were hard to install.  Getting MythTV to record HD was hard
enough (still not done).  Didn't want to spend another few weeks getting
it to display it. ;)


I said:
> Read this link about how to use powerstrip to get custom resolutions
on
> your HDTV TV.  Yes, it involves temporarily loading Windows on your
> system, but TRUST ME, it's worth it.  Once you use powerstrip to get
> everything beautimus, hit the copy to clipboard button and paste into
> notepad.  Voila!  There's your linux settings!

You said:
>no need, just look at the X log file, both the NVidia and ATI drivers
will 
>print out the EDID settings received from your TV. Then use one of the 
>plethora of web-based X config utils to create the modeline.

I'd be curious to see what you're talking about here, but unfortunately,
the Sony HDTV doesn't say much via that route.  It's "not intended for
use with a PC," so they're NO help.  Also, I still like how I can fine
tune the settings with powerstrip.  Just seems a lot easier.  When I was
looking for help, it seemed that everything online was pointing me in
that direction.  You're the first person that I've "talked" to that
seems to think it's easy to do in Linux.

I said:
> (That is, unless someone can tell me how to configure the box so I can
> display DVI & VGA at the same time.  Then, when I tweak something on
the
> DVI side and freak out the TV, I can still see things on my monitor.)

You said:
>twinview, DVI as the main screen.

Couldn't figure out how to do that in Windows or in Linux.