Re: [mythtv-users] Fry my Equipment?

2005-06-26 Thread David
If you intend to use the TV Out (Svideo or composite) feature of your video or decoder card, then there are no worries.  Those output standard NTSC or PAL video signals which is what your TV understands natively. Your only concern with modelines (those lines in xorg.conf that determine resolut

Re: [mythtv-users] Fry my Equipment?

2005-06-25 Thread Mark Knecht
Laura, The fry your monitor issue is more one for old monitors than new ones but it's good to be careful. You did not list you monitor. what's necessary is a make & model number or vertical and horizontal refresh rates. If you run xorgconfig it will give you a place to set up your monitor. M

[mythtv-users] Fry my Equipment?

2005-06-25 Thread Laura Thompson
I can read until my eyeballs fall out of my head, but I'm not going to "get it" until I actually dig in and do it. Verbage makes more sense after a little hands on. However, I don't want to permenantly damage things during this learning process. For instance, I read somewhere that if I