[mythtv-users] LCD HDTV recommendations (that are Myth friendly)...

[Andrew Close]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Mark James <markj at 3cat.com> wrote:
>  I second Stoller's comment -- do NOT test with a Mac Book Pro! I have
>  one of these two and cannot get decent output to the Olevia -- for
>  some reason it just can't seem to do the TV's native resolution.
>
>  When viewing the Mac's desktop there are all sorts of color shadows on
>  type and other artifacts that don't appear with the Myth setup.
>
>  I don't understand this since the MacBook Pro is able to drive all
>  sorts of other LCD displays just fine, but it does not seem to like
>  the TV.

hmm, interesting.  i am still planning on going to test drive a couple
screens this weekend.  the only 'decent' laptop i have is my MBP.  i
just /assumed/ that because it was capable of pushing Apples big
monitors that it would be fine.  i guess the only way i'm going to get
real world (my world anyway) results is to cart my MythBox along with
me.  i don't see that happening.  :)
my max resolution on the MBP is listed as 1440x900, but i believe that
is the max that the MBP LCD does, not necessarily what the video card
can output.  i guess i'll see what options i have when i attempt to
output to another screen.

maybe i'll end up having to go the dvd route.  David Fishburn
mentioned that he created a dvd of some recordings and various content
to take in and view.  i kinda thought a dvd would give skewed results
since the player may attempt to scale things.  maybe i'll have to take
a homemade dvd as another test.

any other testing scenarios?

thanks for all the suggestions/input thus far.  :)

-- 
Andrew Close