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

[David Knight]

On Wed, October 21, 2009 4:53 am, Richard Shaw wrote:
> 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
>
>

Thanks for that Richard, I have now gone back to using the HDMI (via a DVI
converter as my video card only has DVI) as I am in the UK and mostly
watching content at 50Hz, plasma didnt support 50Hz via the VGA input.