[mythtv-users] New HDTV: Which x resolution should I use?

[Steven Adeff]

On Nov 24, 2007 5:17 PM, Michael Rice <mikerice1969 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a new HDTV which is connected to the TV with DVI->HDMI cable.  Looks good
> to me but I am new to HD so who knows... Anyway when I do nothing
> nvidia-auto-select
> chooses a virtual screen size of 1920x1080.  The TV supposedly has a
> native resolution
> of 1366x768 (not sure how to verify that).
>
> So it would seem to me that for 720p recordings Myth/X would scale it up to
> 1920x1080 then the TV would end up scaling it back to 720p... True?  Is there
> a better way to configure X for a better picture or better performance?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  The verbose EDID info is below.

<snip>

you will want to set up 3 resolutions in your xorg.conf, one for the
native resolution of the TV to use for the interface, the other two
being 720p and the 1920x1080 it's currently using. You can also set up
a 480p resolution but Xv should do fine in scaling SD material to
720p. Then have Myth use the 720p modeline for 720p and 480 content
and the 1080 modeline for 1080i/p content letting the TV then scale
it.

-- 
Steve
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