[mythtv-users] HDTV format question

Joe Barnhart joebarnhart at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 13 07:14:29 UTC 2005


Hi John --

May I ask which kind of TV you got?  Is it one of the new crop 1080p
DLP models from Mitsubishi or Samsung?  Just curious, as I still have a
Pioneer RPTV and it will die one day (it's only a CRT set after all).

Joe Barnhart

--- John P Poet <jppoet at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9/12/05, Pete Stagman <tyrstag at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi All, 
> >   
> > I've been using MythTV for over a year now and finally got an HDTV
> TV. 
> >   
> > PCHDTV card coming soon. 
> >   
> > My new HDTV TV has multiple inputs. HDMI, Component, S-video and
> VGA. (max
> > resolution on the VGA is 1024x768, no widescreen) 
> >   
> > What is going to get me the best picture? 
> > VGA to Component converter? 
> > DVI to HDMI cable? 
> > Or is there a better way? 
> >   
> > Is there a video card that has native HDMI? 
> >   
> > Thanks, 
> >   
> > --Pete 
> 
> My old TV only had component inputs at HD resolutions, so I used a
> VGA->Component converter, and it worked *very* well.
> 
> My new TV will accept up to 1080p on the VGA input, so I just go
> direct VGA->VGA now.
> 
> John
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