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<div>cool, but I already ordered a cable, new vidcard and floppy/flash reader combo from newegg. </div>
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<div>--P<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Erik Pettersen</b> <<a href="mailto:pettersen@gmail.com">pettersen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">FWIW<br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002GRUIC/">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002GRUIC/
</a><br><br>Reasonably cheap, worked fine, and arrived really fast... I'm *still*<br>waiting for a similiar cable I ordered from surplus computers, but I<br>digress...<br><br>E.<br>--<br><a href="http://www.byopvr.com">http://www.byopvr.com
</a> -- Build Your Own PVR site<br><br>On 9/12/05, Pete Stagman <<a href="mailto:tyrstag@gmail.com">tyrstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> The VGA input on the TV only accepts 640x480, 800x600 and 1024x768. I tried
<br>> messing around with modelines to get it to go widescreen, but the tv would<br>> cut off the picture at the edges and leave black bars like it was an SD<br>> signal.<br>><br>> I guess I'll go with the DVI to HDMI converter cable.
<br>><br>> Well, if you had a video card with an audio->HDMI pass-through from a<br>> soundcard it would work. Probably wouldn't be very hard to do.<br>><br>> Thanks for the input,<br>><br>> --P<br>
><br>><br>> On 9/12/05, Erik Pettersen <<a href="mailto:pettersen@gmail.com">pettersen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > While I'm sure there are some die hard folks out there who prefer all<br>> > things analog, a DVI ->HDMI cable is probably "best" IMHO. Assuming
<br>> > that connection on your TV isn't already taken up by somethign else,<br>> > of course. Of course the VGA input is probably the "easiest". I'm a<br>> > little confused though, is your TV not widescreen or is it just that
<br>> > the VGA input on the TV doesn't accept anything higher than 1024x768?<br>> ><br>> > There's no such thing as a native PC video card with HDMI output<br>> > (yet?). There'd need to be some sort of marriage between the video
<br>> > card and audio folks / Specs to make this happen if I understand<br>> > correctly. DVI just carries video, HDMI carries both audio and video.<br>> ><br>> > *shrug* At least I'm pretty sure the above is correct ;) YMMV
<br>> ><br>> > E.<br>> > --<br>> > <a href="http://www.byopvr.com">http://www.byopvr.com</a> -- Build Your Own PVR<br>> ><br>> > On 9/12/05, Pete Stagman <<a href="mailto:tyrstag@gmail.com">
tyrstag@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > > Hi All,<br>> > ><br>> > > I've been using MythTV for over a year now and finally got an HDTV TV.<br>> > ><br>> > > PCHDTV card coming soon.
<br>> > ><br>> > > My new HDTV TV has multiple inputs. HDMI, Component, S-video and VGA.<br>> (max<br>> > > resolution on the VGA is 1024x768, no widescreen)<br>> > ><br>> > > What is going to get me the best picture?
<br>> > > VGA to Component converter?<br>> > > DVI to HDMI cable?<br>> > > Or is there a better way?<br>> > ><br>> > > Is there a video card that has native HDMI?<br>> > >
<br>> > > Thanks,<br>> > ><br>> > > --Pete<br>> > > _______________________________________________<br>> > > mythtv-users mailing list<br>> > > <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
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