[mythtv-users] modelines for plasma

Jake Thompson jake at jakethompson.com
Tue Jan 9 19:37:09 UTC 2007


What are your/anyone's experiences buying a $25 DVI-HDMI type cable compared
to the $150 monster cables available at the brick and mortars?

On 1/9/07, Steven Adeff <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/8/07, Lord Darkhelmet <lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> > I have a Panasonic plasma model TH-58PX60 and not sure of how to connect
> > it to myth.  My video card has DVI out and the plasma has a HDMI
> > input,  do I just get a DVI to HDMI cable and call it done or do I have
> > to worry about setting the modelines ?
>
> www.monoprice.com, buy a DVI to HDMI cable. (I always suggest buying
> it a little longer than you *think* you need)
>
> Modes      "1280x720_60"
> or
> Modes      "1366x768_60"
>
> should work fine. you may need to add all/any of the following as well,
>         Option          "FlatPanelProperties"   "Scaling = native"
>         Option          "IgnoreDisplayDevices"  "TV, CRT"
>         Option          "ExactModeTimingsDVI"   "1"
>         Option          "UseEDIDDpi"     "0"
>         Option          "UseEDIDFreqs"     "0"
>         Option          "ModeValidation"     "AllowNon60HzDFPModes,
> NoEdidMaxPClkCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, NoHorizSyncCheck,
> NoVertRefreshCheck, NoEdidDFPMaxSizeCheck, NoEdidModes"
>
>
> you can also try getting the EDID information and building a modeline.
> using the 1.0-9746 drivers, launch X and run nvidia-settings (if you
> want, you can run it from an ssh session wit the "-c :0.0" parameter),
> and read the EDID output.
> --
> Steve
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