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

[jedi]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 02:45:08PM +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
> 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.

...you need to do good research about this sort of thing before you do
though. Not all TVs will support their full native panel resolution on 
the VGA input.

   I think you should just let the TV do one of the display modes that
it was built to deliver: 720p, 1080i or 1080p.