[mythtv-users] HDTV Problem - @#&%

Shay - MythTV mythtv at highstyleweb.com
Tue Jul 20 12:41:48 EDT 2004


At 10:31 AM 7/20/2004, you wrote:
>On Tuesday 20 July 2004 07:17, Shay - MythTV wrote:
> > ok, let me re-phrase that.. My TV has a higher resolution than my Monitor..
> > thus the reason I said it only goes to 1024..
>
>Huh. Even a crappy old Gateway monitor I got used for like $25 a few years
>back will do 1920x1080i, if you force-feed it...

force-feed it?  My Monitor is a pretty crappy old 17" that has a max of 
1024x768 according to the specs and PowerStrip.

> > What does having a beamer have to do with anything?  I have a TT but I
> > still have a crappy monitor.. ;)
>
>In some parts of the world, beamer = projector. In other parts, beamer = BMW
>automobile.
>
>
> > At 08:02 AM 7/20/2004, you wrote:
> > >On Tuesday 20 July 2004 00:59, Shay - MythTV wrote:
> > > > Unfortunately, my TV is better than my current monitor.. I was going
> > > > that
> > >
> > >That sounds doubtful, at best.  I've never heard of a TV better than a
> > >monitor.  Sure, it may be razor sharp, and a very biiig screen, and maybe
> > >even a 100Hz one.  But still, I'd like to see a TV which can handle a
> > > Hsync even near what a monitor can do.  And then we're not even talking
> > > about the dotpitch, which is probably awfully big in comparison (divided
> > > by the size). Let's not even mention convergence, and other such less
> > > urgent issues...
> > >
> > >To have a monitor that is worse than a TV, you'd have to have a real
> > > crappy old 14" VGA monitor...  or something like that.
> > >
> > >Then again, my "TV" is indeed exactly equal quality as my "monitor" is,
> > > but then again, I have a beamer. ;-)
> > >

I kinda assumed it was something like that.. thus the :)..  so :)..

> > >Maarten
> > >
> > > > route till I realized I couldn't test any modes above 1024..  so I'm
> > > > going to just start plugging in modelines and trying them..
> > > >
> > > > At 05:18 PM 7/19/2004, you wrote:
> > > > > > That did it guys, thanks!  Now I just have to find the right
> > > > > > modeline..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > :)
> > > > >
> > > > >    I used the PowerStrip method.  No sweat!
>
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