[mythtv-users] Yet another NVidia 6200 1080i Component Output thread

[Eric Vaandering]

Greg Oliver wrote:
> I have the WS-65905, and the timings are definitely higher than those.
> Those are for non-HD sets.  My Myth box is in the garage right now
> because we are painting, but to successfully get the component out on
> the 6200 I remember setting the refresh rates to something much higher,
> but that caused flicker and I did not tinker with it.  I already had a
> VGA->Component cable from my HD Satellite receiver, so I just used that
> to connect to the TV and used the VGA out.  The flicker went away, but
> the 1080i picture is "grainy" (may be too small of fonts?)  The 480p
> picture was crystal clear.  I have not toyed with it since that day.
> Myth menus looked perfect @ 1080i, so I am blaming the font size in X..

I don't think that is it. I only get an out of range warning on one of the 10 
or so modes I tried. The rest all come up at some level. I've seen lots of HD 
modes with HSync in the 30s while mine is a range from 29-51.

> 
> You can go to Fry's and get a $12 Sun monitor cable (VGA->BNC) and a
> handful of BNC->RCA convertors if you want to try something quick and
> cheap.  I bought one a while back for $12 I think.  I had to cut the H
> and V sync pins from the vga side for the TV though, since the source
> was not sending sync info.  I have never tried to set h and v sync in
> xorg file though, so that may work as well.

I have such a cable and BNC adapters, but I can't use that as a long term 
solution, so I haven't tried it. (I have a YPrPb cable box and my TV only has 
one HD input, so the PC has to be YPrPB, not VGA.)

I think there are issues with this card and there is a new driver update 
coming in a couple of weeks, so I will wait until then before breaking out 
Windows+Powerstrip and the VGA cable.

Eric


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