On Wednesday 18 January 2006 20:32, Curtis Preston wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:10 PM > > To: Discussion about mythtv > > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] widescreen from pvr-350 > > > > Gabe Rubin wrote: > > > I recently upgraded my tv to a widescreen HD, and want to be able to > > > use widescreen themes. This may be a very stupid question, but is it > > > possible to do so using just the RCA-video out on the pvr-350? Should > > > I switch to s-video, change a config setting in my Xorg.conf file, or > > > is it just not possible with a pvr-350? I am not too concerned about > > > the tv shows, as I am not capturing any HD content. > > > > IMHO, you should ditch the PVR-350 TV out (which uses NTSC and its > > 50+-year-old technology) and go to a VGA/DVI/HDMI output. Since you > > spent the money on an HDTV, you might as well enjoy the better picture > > quality it makes possible. > > > > Mike > > > > > I recommend using a VGA -> component adapter. DVI & component can both > do HD, but the component is a lot easier to figure out what settings to > use.
or a video card with DVI and component output. The advantage of the VGA converter is that its guaranteed to work and be easy to setup, they're just more expensive than a new Nvidia card with component output with a dedicated HDTV tuner chip (so you use the tv-out functions and just set it to "HDTV"). > Read this link about how to use powerstrip to get custom resolutions on > your HDTV TV. Yes, it involves temporarily loading Windows on your > system, but TRUST ME, it's worth it. Once you use powerstrip to get > everything beautimus, hit the copy to clipboard button and paste into > notepad. Voila! There's your linux settings! no need, just look at the X log file, both the NVidia and ATI drivers will print out the EDID settings received from your TV. Then use one of the plethora of web-based X config utils to create the modeline. > His method only works if you can easily (dynamically) unplug your > computer from your regular monitor and plug it into the HDTV, then plug > it back into your monitor if something screws up. The problem with > doing this with DVI (at least the problem I had) is that you can't do > this with DVI. I've got a geforce fx 5200 with dvi, vga, and svideo. > When I boot up with the HDTV connected to the dvi output, I can't get a > signal out of the vga output, and vice versa. That makes the really > good procedure above not possible. If your card doesn't do Component output, just run the svideo to the TV for the command line and DVI for X, thats how I have mine setup. you'll need to boot without the DVI connected, but once everything is going you won't need to do this as you can do everything else form a ssh terminal. If it does do component, then run the VGA to your monitor and the component output to your TV. > (That is, unless someone can tell me how to configure the box so I can > display DVI & VGA at the same time. Then, when I tweak something on the > DVI side and freak out the TV, I can still see things on my monitor.) twinview, DVI as the main screen. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users