[mythtv-users] how to feed 1280x720p to a large TV?

[Calvin Harrigan]

Steve Adeff wrote:

>On Saturday 31 December 2005 10:56, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
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>>Eyal Lebedinsky wrote:
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>>>I have this LG DLP TV (52SZ8R) which says it has a 1280x720
>>>resolution. What settings do I use so that I feed it this
>>>resolution?
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>>>A quick test (from a Windows machine) that shows 1280x720
>>>fine on my LCD monitor shows the image on the TV with black
>>>borders on all four sides. Maybe the RGB input has some limits?
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>>>I plan to feed it DVI once I set up a proper Myth client,
>>>or maybe component. Anyone got a modeline?
>>>
>>>Happy New Year everyone.
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>>My Sony does the same thing, from what I've read on the net the TV
>>itself is doing it to avoid clipping the edges of the display that might
>>have important info/utilities like the taskbar, etc.  I have yet to find
>>a way to disable it.  The display looks great, with the lights off I
>>can't even tell there is a black border, the TV trim is black and the
>>blacks on the display are really dark.
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>>Calvin...
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>are you using the DVI or VGA output? Does your TV do native 1280x720p?
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I'm using VGA Output, yes that is the native mode of the TV.