-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 3:41 PM To: john sturgeon; Discussion about mythtv Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] GeForce2 Card & A Wide Screen TV Via SVideo
On 6/29/2005 11:30 AM john sturgeon wrote: >On 6/28/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Is there any way to configure X to fill up my wide screen HDTV via >>SVideo with a GeForce 2 card? I can get the regular 4:3 (640x480) >>resolution but would like to have the "desktop" fill my 16:9 display. >> >>I also use nvtv to shift the display to fill the 4:3 screen but have >>been unable to find a way to make those settings permanent. Is this >>possible? >> >>Or have I reached the limits of the card and need something newer. >>Suggestions? >> >>Thanks, >> >>Drew >> >> > >If you have HDTV, why don't you get a VGA -> Component adapter like >the Audio Authority 9A60? Do you have any HDTV content to view? > > >Ultimately, I suspect I will go that route. However this box is more a >"proof of concept" that was built with spare hardware I already owned. >As it's only an AMD Athlon 750mhz processor, an HDTV card at this point >is out of the question from my understanding. But as it is, the >performance is quite good (probably thanks to the Win-TV 250 mpeg >encoder) unless I try to transcode files. Then there's a wait. :) >Anyway, when I buy the components to build my "real" system, an HDTV >card and component video will be the way I go. But for now, I was just >hoping to make the system "better". SVID is only going to give you 640x480. You can change the screen resolution in myth to something 16:9 and use your tv to stretch the picture. But ultimately, it's still 640x480 that's coming out of the TV out on your card.
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