[mythtv-users] TV choices - was: Could we install/run Mythtv
withoutX-windows
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
Mon Sep 12 08:33:45 UTC 2005
On Sep 12, 2005, at 00:59, Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:
>>>>>> Jarod Wilson writes:
>>>>>>
>
> j> On Sunday 11 September 2005 22:21, Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:
>
>
>>> If you're willing to have a smaller display size for SD
>>> programs, you could use Myth's zoom mode to "zoom out". Or you
>>> could
>>> set Myth up to switch to an X modeline with a smaller display area.
>>>
>
> j> I'm quite familiar with Myth's xrandr support, had to make lots
> of use of that
> j> with my old set. I plan to try running SDTV inside an 848x480p
> mode for
> j> giggles, but I believe the big "problem" is that the set is just so
> j> high-resolution and sharp, SD is going to look pretty crappy
> regardless. SD
> j> stuff off my cable box hooked to the TV via both DVI or
> component video
> j> (pushing a 480p mode for SDTV material) looks almost equally
> crappy already.
>
>
> I'm not sure I was clear -- I didn't mean to use a different
> video resolution. That just moves the upscaling to the TV instead of
> the video card and I agree that will probably look equally bad.
> What I
> meant was to use a modeline with the same timing as the native
> resolution but with a smaller display area (making it look like a
> severely underscanned picture). You get the same effect as "zooming
> out" -- a smaller screen more appropriate for the viewing distance.
Ah, okay, didn't realize that was what you were suggesting. No thanks
though, I'd rather use the full screen real estate. I can't even
stand watching SDTV with black pillars, I usually use stretch mode to
fill the screen. :-)
--
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com
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