[mythtv-users] 16:9 broadcasts on a 16:9 TV give letterbox images

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/19/2007 09:21 AM, S2 wrote:
> Bart Coninckx wrote:
>   
>> something funny going on here: I've set Xorg to 16:9 (correct DisplaySize), 
>> set 16:9 for the Life TV recording profile and what I get is that 4:3 
>> broadcasts are fullscreen, but 16:9 broadcasts are letterboxed.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>     
> I had your same problem (DisplaySize ignored). I had to add
> Option          "DDC" "false"
> to my xorg.conf

That's been deprecated for about a year, now.  See:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_All_my_fonts_look_like_they_are_the_wrong_sizes.2C_how_can_I_correct_this.3F
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Display_Size

and, especially,

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Specifying_DPI_for_NVIDIA_Cards

Mike