[mythtv-users] HD TV doesn't accept HD resolutions on DVI input?

[Florin Andrei]

I have the Panasonic TH-58PZ700U 58" plasma:

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Televisions/Plasma-HDTVs/model.TH-58PZ700U

It's a nice TV, but there's something odd in the manual. Is says it 
supports the true HD resolutions (720p, 1080i, 1080p) only on HDMI and 
component (*). On the DVI, it says it supports only some bulls**t 
resolutions that are not the true HD. See table at the end of the 
message for a complete list.

My question is - are they telling the truth? Or maybe the TV does 
support standard HD on DVI but it's not mentioned in the manual?

Of course, the best would be if I could actually do a test. But 
unfortunately I've no DVI source available for that. So I was wondering 
if someone else has experience with a situation like this.

It would make a lot of things much easier if I knew for a fact that 
1080p is supported on DVI. Then I could just get a cheap GeForce with 
DVI and forget the HDMI/component stuff.

(*) - even on component, it says it only supports 1080i, not 1080p.

List of DVI resolutions claimed to be supported:

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640 × 400 @70 31.47 70.08 *
640 × 480 @60 31.47 59.94 *
Macintosh13” (640 × 480) 35.00 66.67 *
640 × 480 @75 37.50 75.00 *
852 × 480 @60 31.47 59.94 *
800 × 600 @60 37.88 60.32 *
800 × 600 @75 46.88 75.00 *
800 × 600 @85 53.67 85.08 *
Macintosh16” (832 × 624) 49.73 74.55 *
1,024 × 768 @60 48.36 60.00 *
1,024 × 768 @70 56.48 70.07 *
1,024 × 768 @75 60.02 75.03 *
1,024 × 768 @85 68.68 85.00 *
Macintosh 21” (1,152 × 870) 68.68 75.06 *
1,280 × 1,024 @60 63.98 60.02 *
1,366 × 768 @60 48.36 60.00 *
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-- 
Florin Andrei

http://florin.myip.org/