[mythtv-users] scan converter review (VideoHome MovieShow bought on Ebay) alt PVR-350 TV Out solution

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:07:07AM +0100, Mike Perkins wrote:
> Mike wrote:
> > The only negative is that the min resolution is 800x600 so when the
> > machine is booting things look garbled at 640x480 but you can still
> > see the text - it is just doubled/overlapped so it looks strange.  I
> > read other posts on this mailing list about people going to an nVidia
> > 5200 AGP card but I have a smaller cube type box and didn't really
> > want to add more cards in an already tight box that could use more
> > airflow not less.
> > 
> You should be able to fix that with a magic number on the boot line.
> Not able to check just now what those might be, but someone else here
> may be able to help further.

vga=789  (800x600,24 bit)

according to 

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2007/05/24/vga-boot-modes-to-set-screen-resolution/

Cheers,
-- jra
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