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

[Steve Smith]

On 01/04/2008, Florin Andrei <florin at andrei.myip.org> wrote:
> Steven Adeff wrote:
>  >
>  > I don't see why your so hesitant to use HDMI to get HD resolution to
>  > the TV
>
>
> I might already have two HDMI sources by then, both capable of native
>  1080p. I feel it's best to leave those two sources (game consoles)
>  connected to HDMI so I can guarantee 1080p throughout the entire chain.
>
>  The TV stuff (Myth) can probably be fine with component 1080i if I can't
>  convince the TV to do 1080p on component. The Myth box will _only_ do
>  TV, no DVD, no anything else.
>  This is based on the fact that the Myth box will receive 480i, 720p and
>  1080i, but never 1080p. The only thing I'm hesitant about is that I will
>  have to configure Myth to run at 1080i (which is already something new
>  to me, but I read it's doable) and then the system will have to display
>  720p on the 1080i Myth desktop, which will get converted by the TV to
>  1080p - that sounds like a pretty long processing chain and it might
>  lead to picture quality loss, but I'm not sure about that.
>
>
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>  Florin Andrei
>
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Florin,

If I read it correctly your Myth box will only recieving up to 1080i
(i.e. not 1080p).
The component vid. interface of your TV will also accept up to 1080i
(but not 1080p).

So....use the component vid interface!
Also seeing as the sources you are recording in will be one of the 18
different HD resolutions... and presumably your TV also supports these
resolutions...rather than converting everything to 1080i simply get
Myth to display using the correct mode for the video resolution of the
file and avoid all that horrible mucking about!

Sorry if I'm getting the wrong end of the stick here....;-)

Cheers

Steve