Good to hear of another Samsung DLP user :) I assume the DVI interface will take a 1080i signal (since I can select that to be output from my cable box). Now that I know the multiple resolutions are possible, I'll throw a few cycles that way and see If I get anything good :)
Thanks for the info! Art On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 07:26:38 -0500, john roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Something I know about! ;) > > I have the Samsung DLP - and here is what I found. > > The DVI interface will only do 1280x720p - it will NOT do 1920x1080i. > Because of this I moved to using the VGA interface which WILL do 1920x1080i. > > Why? Because - as you said - the TV did a much better job of de-interlacing > the 1080i content. But - you do lose signal quality when using the VGA > (analog) connection. > > I've recently moved back to the DVI cable - cuz I just can't give up on a > pure digital connection. :( I'm still working out if Bob/other de-interlace > methods have gotten any better. > > And yes - XRANDR is used to change the mode in which the video card is > sending to the TV. Make sure you have this option compiled in > (settings.pro). Once done - you will see a "new" screen under TV -> > Appearance which allows you to do as you say here "If 1080i then... if 720p > then..." > > Have fun - let me know if you get anywhere with your DLP. DVI is the way to > go if you can get 1080i to work (or just don't care that much about the 1080i > content). > > -John > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
