[mythtv-users] New 50" Plasma, setting Myth for it?

[Richard Shaw]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:10 PM, David Knight <dlknight at sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> On Tue, October 20, 2009 1:02 pm, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
<SNIP>
> Now you have my attention :)
>
> I have the manual for my TV in front of me an maybe I was wrong about the
> native resolution. In the Specifications it lists the Number of Pixels as
> 786,432 (1,024 (W) x 768 (H)) [3,072 x 768 dots].
>
> It also has a VGA input which I used in the past and HDMI (currently
> using). The VGA table has several mode lines (I will just list the
> 1024x768 upwards):
>
> 1024x768 @60Hz, 1024x768 at 70Hz, 1024x768 at 75Hz, 1024x768 at 85Hz
> 1280x1024 @60Hz, 1366x768 @60Hz.
>
> HDMI table supports 720/60p/50p, 1080/60i/50i/60p/50p/24p
>
> Back in the specifications table again it says:
>
> PC Signals = VGA, SVGA, XGA or SXGA(compressed)
>
> So I take it my native resolution is 1024x768? if this is so would I be
> best using the VGA input with a 1024x768 modeline rather than the HDMI
> input?
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Dave K.

This sounds like it does the same as my 32" Vizio. Mine only accepts
the standard resolutions over HDMI (1080i/720p/480p/480i) so I use the
VGA input instead which allows me to drive it at its native
resolution, 1366x768.

Here's the relevant portion of my xorg.conf on Fedora 10. Take note of
the "ModeValidation" line. I had no end of problems until I found out
I had to add this to get the Nvidia driver to accept 1366 as a valid
width. Since I'm using US based OTA HD I stuck with 60Hz. You may try
specifying a mode like "1366x768_50" and see if it works for you.

<---begin--->
Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Videocard0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultDepth     24
	Option	    "UseEvents" "True"
	Option	    "NoLogo" "True"
	Option	    "UseDisplayDevice" "CRT"
	Option	    "ModeValidation" "NoWidthAlignmentCheck"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
		Modes    "1366x768_60" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection
<---end--->

Richard