[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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