[mythtv-users] Acer Revo AR1600 using HDMI has problems showing Myth on TV

[Johnny Walker]

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> On Apr 6, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Nick F wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Daniel Born <born_daniel at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> I decided to buy an Acer Revo AR1600 as a Myth frontend and
>>> started setting it up over the weekend (using Mythbuntu 9.10 same as my backend).
>>>
>>> I have a problem displaying to the TV using HDMI... If I
>>> connect it using VGA, everything works but using HDMI,
>>> nothing is displayed once mythtv starts loading (screen goes
>>> dark as soon as the Myth splash screen (with the progress
>>> bar) gets displayed.
>>>
>>
>> Have you tried it connected to another display?  I have a Dynex 1080p
>> LCD TV which I tried to drive with a Zotac ION board (so similar to
>> your Revo).  Connecting with HDMI gave me similar symptoms -
>> everything was visible during the boot sequence, but when X kicked it
>> with the NVIDIA drivers I got a blank screen (with the TV reporting a
>> 1080p 60Hz signal).
>>
>> When I connected it to two other 1080p displays (one a projector and
>> another a monitor) it worked perfectly using HDMI.  There was
>> something strange about the combination of the ION board and that
>> particular LCD.  I tried custom modelines, and everything.
>>
>> I eventually gave up and connected with a VGA cable- so will be
>> curious if you resolve the issue.
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>On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Jeremy Green <jaggroups at brownout.com> wrote:
> I had a problem with one of my revos connected to a Dynex (i think, or some other cheap tv from best buy).  It refused to show a picture on the HDMI input unless the machine was outputting sound.  It drove me bonkers.  I couldn't figure out what was going on.  I eventually figured out that when I had speaker_test running, I would get video.  I ended up returning the TV and getting a nice panasonic one to replace it.
>
>             -Jeremy
>

Indeed - My 720p is 50" Plasma Panasonic and it works great on my Revo
1600 frontend. I'm running .22-fixes from SVN I've compiled myself.

If you're working with the Revo 1600, ironing out issues - it is
possible - don't give up.

-Johnny