[mythtv-users] Which video card to buy?

[mlists]

On Sat, 2007-10-06 at 18:41 +0100, Mark Kendall wrote:
> On 10/6/07, mlists <mlists at dressler.ca> wrote:
> > Ok as the OP I guess I should clarify :)  For whatever reason when I
> > select 1920x1080 (and _60 and _60_0) it won't display on the TV -- I see
> > half the screen over the full size of the screen.
> >
> > So from the sounds of things its not the video card but something else
> > -- I can display 1280x720 no problem with dvi/hdmi.
> 
> Are those interlaced modelines (i.e. 1080i)? I'm assuming so from your
> original post. If so, and based on your description of the problem,
> this sounds like a driver issue.
> 
> Try rolling back to nvidia driver version 87.76 which still supports
> interlaced modelines.

argh -- didn't think of that.  I didn't realize they dropped Interlacing
support?  Why on earth would they do that?!

I am running Arch -- just downloaded 8776 and can't get it to install.
I think I'm running too new of kernel -- 2.6.22.  I might have to roll
that back too, to make it work.

Norm