On 11/04/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Phill Edwards</b> <<a href="mailto:philledwards@gmail.com">philledwards@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> I assume from your email address that you're PAL based - hence your<br>> material will be 25fps. Do you have a 50Hz modeline to use for<br>> display? - likely if this is a hi-def tv, unlikely if it's a monitor.
<br>> A 50Hz modeline should give you a noticeable improvement, particularly<br>> in combination with opengl vsync.<br><br>I might have just learned something here. I'm in in a PAL country<br>(Australia), so does that mean I should be using a 50Hz modeline? Why
<br>does it matter?<br><br>Regards,<br>Phill</blockquote><div><br>Absolutely, use a 50Hz modeline if you can. <br><br>The difference is like chalk and cheese, unfortunately most/all of the VGA inputs on the Samsung panels (which Sony also use) will only synch at 60Hz.
<br><br>I have a Sony 40" Bravia and tried to escalate this through their support but didn't get outside of Australia.<br><br>The only answer I have found was to use the HDMI input with a 1280x720p 50 Hz modeline and put up with the overscan. You can then change the the gui size in the frontend setup->appearance 2nd page.
<br><br>Here is the relevant part from my xorg.conf:<br>Note the ModeValidation option, without this the driver will only allow 60Hz video timings.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Roo.<br><br>Section "Monitor"<br> Identifier "MonDVI"
<br> VendorName "Sony"<br> ModelName "KLV-V40A10"<br> HorizSync 14.0 - 46.0<br> VertRefresh 47.0 - 61.0<br><br> # NVidia Driver Options<br> Option "UseDisplayDevice" "DFP"
<br> Option "NoLogo" "TRUE"<br> Option "DPI" "75 x 75"<br> Option "ModeValidation" "DFP-0: AllowNon60HzDFPModes"
<br> Option "XvmcUsesTextures" "FALSE"<br><br> Modeline "1280x720p@50" 59.42 1280 1312 1536 1568 720 735 741 757 +hsync +vsync<br>EndSection<br><br><br></div><br></div>