[mythtv-users] Moving to an HDTV

[Dan Ritter]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 04:02:29PM -0500, Cool Frood wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Dan Ritter <dsr-myth at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
> >>
> >> 1. Is it possible to do 1080p without DVI-D?  FX 5200 doesn't do DVI-D
> >> (I think).  Can I do 1080p over VGA?
> >
> > I'm doing that right now with an FX5200. 1920x1080P over VGA.
> > Looks very good.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the info, Dan.  Can you share your xorg.conf?  I'm going to
> get my TV tomorrow and I don't want to be stuck without MythTV while I
> get a new video card for it.

Here you go; it includes a custom Modeline pulled from my HDTV's
manual:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "i2c"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
#    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Generic Monitor"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 140.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 70.0
    DisplaySize 487 274
    Option         "DPMS"
    ModeLine "1920x1080p" 148.352 1920 1960 2016 2200 1080 1082
1088 1125
    ModeLine "1920x1080_60a" 136.5 1920 1952 1984 2048 1080 1081
1084 1111 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine "720x480" 27.000 720 736 798 858 480 489 495 525
-hsync -vsync 
    ModeLine "1280x720" 74.25 1280 1390 1430 1648 720 725 732
752 +hsync +vsync
   ModeLine "1080i" 74.25 1920 1960 2016 2200 1080 1082 1088
1125 Interlace

EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "NoLogo" "true"
#    Option     "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
#    Option     "UseDisplayDevice" "TV"
#    Option     "TVOutFormat" "SVIDEO"
    Option         "UseEDID" "FALSE"
    Option         "UseEvents" "true"
    Option         "XvmcUsesTextures" "false"
    Option         "NvAGP" "3"
    Option         "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "True"
    Option         "ModeValidation" "NoDFPNativeResolutionCheck"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1920x1080_60a" "1080i" "1280x720" "720x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option         "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection



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