[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu Setup and Connecting to an LG TV

[Brian Blater]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 3:14 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:
> On 03/05/2010 05:15 PM, Kenneth Emerson wrote:
> I have a 37"LG and found that the picture was much better using the HDMI
> input from a DVI output on my asus nvidia 9500GT based video card. I have a
> DVI-HDMI adapter at the TV end. I think it came with the TV or with a video
> card, because I cannot remember buying it. If I did, it was not expensive or
> I would remember *that*!.
>
> You should be able to find something at a Best Buy or Fry's or even at
> Walmart or Target.
>
> If all else fails and you cannot otherwise get the picture where you want
> it, firstly you can try using xorg.conf options and set the Option for
> 'scaling=centered'. That is described in the xorg.conf man page iirc.
>
> Otherwise, you could try using the virtual screen capabilities of the X (and
> nvidia) video drivers. X allows you to define a virtual screen, and have
> displays which are windows onto the virtual screen. This is usually handled
> by having one screen 'to the right of' or 'above' the other screen where the
> virtual screen has one dimension as large as the total of the lengths of the
> other 2. One of the screens is set up with an offset. But there is no reason
> why you cannot define your monitor's screen as starting, not at 0,0, but at
> 15,0. ( I haven't tried it since I have had no need, but I did have to fight
> for quite a while with my 1360x768 pixel screen when the edid reported it as
> 1920x1080. I ended up with unreadable tiny fonts in console windows etc. I
> had occasion to read a lot of man pages very carefully!
>
> Geoff

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I was able to find a DVI-HDMI
cable at a local shop and that solved the screen problem.

Now I just have to fix the hardware problems.

Brian