It depends on what connection methods you have available. At the moment you're using Component, does your TV have DVI/HDMI inputs at all?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 18/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Willis, Ben
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I have a widescreen plasma tv with a
1024x768 'native' resolution. Would using this xorg configuration
give the best picture? Not trying to hijack the email here but thought it would
be good to ask in conjunction.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">I currently use this and wondered if I
could get a better picture:</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">#######################</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Section "Device"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Identifier "NVIDIA
Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Driver "nvidia"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "DPMS"
"false"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"># BusID
"PCI:1:0:0"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"># Option
"TVOverScan" "0.6"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">#Section "Monitor"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"># Identifier "DELL
E172FP"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> #------------720p----------------------------</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "metamodes"
"CRT: 1280x720 +0+0"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "TVStandard"
"HD720p"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "UseEDID"
"TRUE"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option
"ConnectedMonitor" "TV"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option
"TvOutFormat" "Component"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option
"AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> #Option
"FlatPanelProperties" "scaling = centered"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "TVOverScan"
"0.6"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> SubSection
"Display"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Depth 24</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Modes
"720x480" "1176x664" "1280x720"
"1920x1080"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> EndSubSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Section "Monitor"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Identifier "TV"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "DPMS"
"false"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> #Modeline "1280x720"
74.48 1280 1336 1472 1664 720 721 724 746 -hsyn$</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Modeline "1280x720"
74.16 1280 1392 1432 1648 720 725 730 750 +hsync$</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Modeline "1176x664"
74.16 1176 1288 1328 1648 664 669 674 750 +hsync$</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Section "Screen"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Identifier "Screen1"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Device "NVIDIA
Corporation NVIDIA Default Card"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Monitor "TV"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> DefaultDepth 24</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> SubSection
"Display"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Depth 24</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Modes
"720x480" "1176x664" "1280x720"
"1920x1080"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> EndSubSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Section "DRI"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Mode 0666</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Section "Extensions"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> Option "Composite"
"Enable"</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">EndSection</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Ben</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">
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mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>James Buckley<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, May 18, 2007 12:29
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion about mythtv<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [mythtv-users]
optimizing nvidia tv-out for widescreen rearprojection tv connected via s-video</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 18/05/07, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Daniel Agar</span></b>
<<a href="mailto:daniel@agar.ca" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">daniel@agar.ca</a>> wrote:</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">> now that I've been using Myth for a while... starting to wonder if
I can<br>
> get better picture quality, not that it's bad... seems pretty darned nice<br>
> really.. but one just never knows.<br>
><br>
> My TV is a 46" sony widescreen rear projection TV, the only
connection I<br>
> have available on my FE is s-video or composite.. (TV has DVI,<br>
> component..etc..etc..). I have a feeling that s-video will be
the <br>
> limiting factor for me. My card is nVidia Corporation NV34
[GeForce FX<br>
> 5200] (rev a1)<br>
><br>
> One other thing I've noticed, that perhaps someone can chime in
on. I<br>
> route most of my video devices through my receiver/amp, for whatever <br>
> reason the nVidia driver/card will only initialize the tv-out if I'm<br>
> directly connected to the TV (don't have to be on that particular input,<br>
> TV doesn't even need to be on) or I have the receiver turned on and that <br>
> input selected. I'm guessing that the card/driver does
something to<br>
> attempt to detect the TV, which fails when hooked up to my receiver.<br>
><br>
><br>
> The pertinent xorg.conf sections, I left out my other monitor
config, <br>
> it's rarely hooked up and I don't think have any effect on
things. I'm of<br>
> course open to any and all suggestions..<br>
><br>
> tia.<br>
><br>
> Section "Monitor"<br>
> Identifier "TV" <br>
> HorizSync 30-50<br>
> VertRefresh 60<br>
> Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"<br>
> Option "DPI" "100 x 100"<br>
> EndSection<br>
><br>
> Section "Device" <br>
> Identifier "nvidia1"<br>
>
Driver "nvidia"<br>
>
Option "NoLogo" "true"<br>
> VideoRam 128000<br>
>
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"
<br>
>
Option "TVOutFormat"
"SVIDEO'<br>
>
# Option "TVOverScan" "0.6"<br>
>
Option "TwinView"<br>
>
Option "TwinViewOrientation"
"Clone" <br>
>
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "TV"<br>
> # Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate<br>
> EndSection<br>
><br>
><br>
> Section "Screen"<br>
> Identifier "TVOut" <br>
>
Device "nvidia1"<br>
> Monitor "TV"<br>
>
Option "TVStandard" "NTSC-M"<br>
>
Option "TVOutFormat"
"SVIDEO" <br>
> DefaultDepth 32<br>
> Subsection "Display"<br>
>
Depth 24<br>
> Modes
"1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"<br>
>
ViewPort 0 0 <br>
> EndSubsection<br>
> Subsection "Display"<br>
>
Depth 32<br>
>
Modes "1024x768"
"800x600" "640x480"<br>
>
ViewPort 0 0 <br>
> EndSubsection<br>
> EndSection<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
This probably isn't the suggestion your looking for, but you might<br>
consider swaping that FX 5200 for one that has dvi on it. I was using an <br>
s-video connection on my 37" lcd and the quality difference when I<br>
switched to dvi was incredible, completely worth the $40 spent on the<br>
card.<br>
<br>
Other than that I don't see any main changes you could make with your <br>
xorg.conf, its about the same as the config I use on another SD frontend.<br>
You might consider adjusting the overscan with the nvidia-settings tool<br>
which will adjust in real time.</span></font></p>
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I second this, DVI/HDMI gives awsome pictures, and in some circumstances allows
one-to-one pixel mapping. </span></font></p>
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