[mythtv-users] Displaying 1080i on 4:3 standard TV

Mario Limonciello mario.mailing at gmail.com
Wed Mar 29 18:14:03 UTC 2006


On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 14:25 -0500, Steve Skarda wrote:
> On 3/21/06, Lee Koloszyc <teething12 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>         Mike Schlottman wrote:
>         >
>         > First a question. Is it even possible to display all of a
>         1080i
>         > broadcast on a standard 4:3 TV?
>         >
>         > When I try to do this I get a display that looks like the
>         picture has 
>         > been shifted to the right. There is a wide black bar on the
>         right,
>         > with the expected black bars on top and bottom. If I use the
>         aspect
>         > override settings, the best I can do is a larger picture
>         that is 
>         > butted against the left side and has a portion of the right
>         side cut off.
>         >
>         > I'd like to hear from anyone who has ever seen this work,
>         just so I
>         > know it can be done. If you have pointers on how it might be
>         done, 
>         > that would be great too.
>         >
> 
> I output 1080i to a 4:3 screen.   My device settings are setup for
> TVFormat "HD1080i" through component on a Nvidia 6600.  It get a full
> 1080i desktop with black bars on the top and bottom.  HDTV is the
> same.  Only downside is that while watching SDTV, there are bars on
> all four sides so I need to adjust the aspect ratio in Myth to "16:9
> stretch" and the TV to 4:3 which forces it to full screen.  Sort of a
> pain but it works.   There may be a better way to do it but I haven't
> figured it out if there is. 
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An option for you may be to use xrandr settings to switch resolutions
depending on the resolution of your source video.




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