[mythtv-users] 720p plasma with myth

[Simon Hobson]

Rod Smith wrote:

>You may want to consider inputs. My TV has several -- VGA, HDMI,
>component, S-Video, and maybe one or two others. Although my initial
>intent was to use HDMI (via a DVI-to-HDMI cable), I found that this
>worked poorly -- text-mode displays didn't work at all (during system
>startup or when I switch to text mode via Ctrl+Alt+F1 to do some quick
>text-mode task), and there was overscan in this mode. Thus, I'm using my
>TV's VGA input, which works pretty well.

I hit lucky with the Samsung I've got - it actually does 'native 
resolution' if you plug a computer into the HDMI1 port (which is also 
labelled DVI). Many TVs, particularly at the lower end of the size 
range do not support full pixel mode (or any of the other names it 
called) and will treat it as being a TV signal - stretching it to get 
overscan and then cropping it. Some will not report their native 
resolution either - we've some Sanyos at work and they will only 
report 1280x768 via VGA, so you always get some horizontal resampling 
with all the artifacts that creates.

Trouble is, hardly any of the manufacturers actually have any 
information in the specs that is any help in finding out if the TV 
has this facility.

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