[mythtv-users] Plasma TV's

[Ed Wildgoose]

Preston Crow wrote:

>>Has anyone attempted to drive a Plasma TV with linux/mythtv yet? We have
>>just purchased a 42" Plasma Screen that will do 853H x 480V resolution.
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>Why spend all that money on a non-HDTV plasma TV?  It may be 16:9, but
>with only 480V, you're still talking about NTSC resolutions.
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Crikey, make the guy feel bad!

Actually, of the demos I have seen, the non HD screens actually look a 
little better for non HD tv.  I guess if you get an HD screen then you 
are a little more futureproofed, but I haven't yet seen a 42" screen 
with HD that has square pixels, ie 13xx ish by 768.

Anyway, to answer your question, try using something like videogen to 
generate a modeline for your screen. Note that unless you have some 
funky graphics card you will need that width to be divisible by 8.  
Whack the modeline in /etc/X11/XF86Config or whatever your distro uses 
and off you go