[mythtv-users] HDTV solution @1080i ???

[Kevin Kuphal]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 1:04 AM, <zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> --- Dean Harding <dean.harding at dload.com.au> wrote:
>
> > zoiks2004-ivtv at yahoo.com wrote:
> > I don't remember the exact model number, but it's
> > got VGA & HDMI inputs,
> > and I found the VGA input actually looked better...
> > why would think it
> > would have to do any scaling? VGA itself can handle
> > higher resolutions
> > than HD TV (my old CRT monitor at work used to run
> > at 1600x1200 for
> > example).
>
> Welp, I was looking at some Sharp Aquos models which
> have VGA inputs, and the manuals listed all the
> supported modes for that input fall short of full
> 1080x1920 resolution (though the TVs themselves are
> native 1080x1920 and it can handle full res with
> component or HDMI inputs). Here's a manual:
>
> http://www.sharpusa.com/files/tel_man_LC42_46_52D64U.pdf
>
> It shows a highest rest for VGA input to be
> 1600x1200 at 60Hz. No 1080 mode. Also, at least some of
> the LG models only go to 1360x768 for the VGA input.
>
> Googling around I saw other people complaining about
> the same thing with other TVs. Somewhere (can't
> remember) I saw it claimed that VGA inputs typically
> don't support 1080x1920 because it's not a true VGA
> mode.
>
> In any event I'm pretty sure I can do 1080p/i with
> Y-Pb-Pr on a Sharp TV, but it would be nice to have a
> digital link via HDMI -> HDMI or DVI -> HDMI (with
> separate sound). This seems to be the part that gets
> more sketchy.


A friend of mine using Myth has it connected using a DVI -> HDMI cable
conencted to an FX5200 and it is beautiful running at 1080p.  He didn't do
much other than set his xorg.conf to 1920x1080 and let it fly.

Kevin
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