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I have the gateway 42" EDTV (not the HDTV), and use a VGA connector. It works mostly well. Some resolutions, namely the native ones (856x480 or 848x480) have some series flicker issues, which might be related to the Modeline I'm using. <BR>
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Right now I'm playing with different Modelines, but the best resolutions I've found so far is 1280x768; No flicker, but not true 16:9. I'd like to get 1068x600 since it is near perfect 16:9 and 800x600 seems to be a good MythTV resolution (which this is just a wide version of). However, I've not gotten the Gateway plasma to support this mode yet. I'm playing with generating custom modelines to do this, but so far no luck.<BR>
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I have to admit though, I'm really just killing time before I go to a DVI based connection, cause I expect it to be much better. <BR>
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I should also mention I'm use a somewhat stock minimyth distro on a VIA EPIA-M board. <BR>
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Anyway, try these modelines out...<BR>
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#Refresh Rate 60Hz<BR>
ModeLine "848x480" 31.5 848 864 952 1056 480 481 484 497<BR>
ModeLine "856x480" 31.7 856 872 960 1064 480 481 484 497<BR>
ModeLine "1024x512" 41.3 1024 1056 1160 1296 512 513 516 531<BR>
ModeLine "1280x768" 80.1 1280 1344 1480 1680 768 769 772 795<BR>
ModeLine "1440x1050" 126.2 1440 1536 1688 1936 1050 1051 1054 1087<BR>
#Refresh Rate 75Hz<BR>
ModeLine "720x480" 34.9 720 752 824 928 480 481 484 502<BR>
ModeLine "720x576" 42.6 720 760 832 944 576 577 580 602<BR>
ModeLine "848x480" 41.0 848 880 968 1088 480 481 484 502<BR>
ModeLine "856x480" 41.3 856 888 976 1096 480 481 484 502<BR>
ModeLine "1024x512" 53.3 1024 1072 1176 1328 512 513 516 535<BR>
ModeLine "1280x768" 103.0 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 802<BR>
ModeLine "1440x1050" 160.0 1440 1536 1696 1952 1050 1051 1054 1096<BR>
#Refresh Rate 85Hz<BR>
ModeLine "1280x768" 118.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 768 769 772 807<BR>
ModeLine "1440x1050" 184.5 1440 1544 1704 1968 1050 1051 1054 1103<BR>
ModeLine "848x480" 47.4 848 888 976 1104 480 481 484 505<BR>
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Justin<BR>
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On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 13:35, Derek Anderson wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>hey all,
has anyone had experience setting up myth with a plasma display,
specifically one with a VGA input? does X support the resolution
properly? is there distortion (or is it banded) when watching 4:3
pictures? does mythdvd play in full widescreen?
i'm thinking about making the drop with the 42" gateway... :)</I></FONT></PRE>
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