[mythtv-users] New 50" Plasma, setting Myth for it?

[Mike Perkins]

Simon Hobson wrote:
> 
> It would seem logical (to me at least) that if the TV was overscanning 
> by (say) 50 pixels all round, it should supply 1466x868 as a supported 
> resolution, so the source could image the video at the right size to 
> start with and the TV could just chop a bit off. I can't see how 
> re-sampling an image is going to result in something better than one 
> imaged at the right size to start with !
> 
> And since I'm trying to buy a 26" TV specifically to use as a monitor 
> (it's for my mother whose eyesight isn't what it was), I'm finding it 
> incredibly annoying that the manufacturers give no information at all on 
> what resolutions are supported - 1280x768 on a 1366x768 panel looks 
> horrible.
> 
Buy a TV/monitor which has a VGA input - then you can treat it as a monitor. No 
overscan, just fake up a mode line which matches the exact resolution of the 
hardware, and you're good to go. Although - occasionally the EDID sent out by 
the TV lies, so be prepared to dump it and use your own.


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Mike Perkins