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| Author: | Daved [ Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | New TV, what next? |
OK I just bought myself a new 52" Sharp LCD HDTV. I am going to upgrade to the latest version of KnoppMyth this weekend. I have several questions. 1. Is there any major differences between the setup of Knoppmyth on Hd and Knoppmyth on SD, modelines, x changes? 2. I am hooking up through HDMI, is there any xorg changes I need to make? I tried looking on the wiki, however information seems scattered and broken. |
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| Author: | mogator88 [ Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:47 pm ] |
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What worked for me was:
Shut down the computer. Hook up to the TV via HDMI Boot from the CD Select "TV" as the display device This got me a very nice 600p display and everything was perfect. nharris then showed me a simple change to xorg.conf, in the Screen section SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1366x768" EndSubSection I now have a little bit of overscan, but in return get 720p resolution. If you have a different native resolution, use that instead of the numbers I posted. Good luck and enjoy the new TV! |
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| Author: | Heem [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:55 pm ] |
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FWIW, I installed mine fresh. I didnt bother with the old machine's data. I figured I'd be happier with everything clean. My board has NVIDIA video onboard with DVI out. With a DVI to HDMI cable, all I needed to do was install the NVIDIA driver, and my screen was autodetected for 720p. |
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| Author: | Daved [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:35 pm ] |
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Thanks, for the replies. I am going to get started in just a few minutes. I will post back here if I have issues or success. |
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| Author: | grante [ Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: New TV, what next? |
Daved wrote: OK I just bought myself a new 52" Sharp LCD HDTV. I am going to
upgrade to the latest version of KnoppMyth this weekend. I have several questions. 1. Is there any major differences between the setup of Knoppmyth on Hd and Knoppmyth on SD, modelines, x changes? 2. I am hooking up through HDMI, is there any xorg changes I need to make? I'm about to make the same jump, and everybody I've talked to says to run drive the TV at its panel resolution. I assume that for a 52" model that's 1920x1080. To make sure the TV isn't doing anything funny (scaling/overscan), enable "Dot by Dot" mode on the input. |
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| Author: | Daved [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:13 pm ] |
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Forgot to reply back, everything went great. I set the resolution for 1024x768 though I am looking to bump that to 1920x1020. I didn't see modelines for that resolution so I assume I must figure them out. Either way this is WAY better than SD. |
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| Author: | mogator88 [ Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:06 pm ] |
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Read my prior reply and try that BEFORE trying to create modelines. I've done both, and its best to avoid modelines if you can. |
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| Author: | Daved [ Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:16 am ] |
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On the mythtv wiki, I found out that all I had to do was add Code: Modes "1920x1080_60" "1280x720_60" "720x480_60"
to the Screen Subsection of xorg.conf. It looks to me, as long as I have a Nvidia card, that this should work. I tried it and it does work. Not sure if I need to do anything else, but I now have 1920x1080 with very little fuss. http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database#NVIDIA_Driver_ModePool |
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