[mythtv-users] Upgrade old or cut my losses and buy new?

Yan Seiner yan at seiner.com
Mon Mar 5 22:57:07 UTC 2007


Brian Wood wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Yan Seiner wrote:
>
>   
>> So where do you put this magic incantation?  Although I have an Athlon
>> 3200+ on order, I could put it to other use if I can get my  
>> problematic
>> Sempron showing HD....
>>     
>
> It goes in your X configuration file. Usually /etc/X11/xorg.conf if  
> you're using xorg, though you could put the conf file anywhere if you  
> tell X where it is.
>
> Under Section "Device" put:
>
> "UseEvents" "True"   (including the quotes)
>
> This assumes you're using the nVidia drivers with an nVidia card.
>   
OK, I'll try it....

>   
>> And for Brian:
>>
>> My LCD TV maxes out at 1366x720p, so that's what I am calling HD.   
>> My HD
>> source is typically OTA PBS stuff - Nature and such.  I have a  
>> separate
>> frontend and backend - and when I save my pennies, I'm getting a  
>> gigabit
>> switch to eliminate any network issues.
>>     
>
>
> That's normal res for a 1080 LCD, but are you driving it via VGA or  
> DVI/HDMI or by S-Video or composite? If the former are you driving at  
> the native resolution or letting it scale (obviously it has to be  
> scaling if you're using S-Video or composite inputs).
>   
Driving it via DVI<->HDMI cable.  The TV tells me it's getting a 720p 
signal from the PC.


--Yan


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