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 Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:25 am |
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Hello,
I am starting to build a mythtv setup using knoppmyth. I see most people are using either component/composite/svideo to connect to their tvs. Will it be possible or is it better to go direct from my DVI out to HDMI in on my tv using a DVI->HMDI cable?
Thanks.
Erik |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:24 pm |
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| Yes, if you have a DVI connection available, you should use it. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:57 pm |
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| Scott Larson |
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| Location: Portland, OR |
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| The HDMI input on my Sharp Aquos would not accept the DVI output of my FX5200 with a DVI->HDMI cable. However, that same cable works perfectly when plugged into the DVI output of my cable box. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 6:54 am |
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| Scott Larson wrote: | | The HDMI input on my Sharp Aquos would not accept the DVI output of my FX5200 with a DVI->HDMI cable. However, that same cable works perfectly when plugged into the DVI output of my cable box. |
And I would suggest that this is because you need to massage your modeline(s).
Why else would it not work? It's not like the TV can say "Oooh, this is from a cable box so I'll work but that is from a computer so I won't" if you have your modeline setup to produce the same signals as the cable box.
Perhaps you can determine what resolutions your TV requires/accepts on its HDMI input as a starting point. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 7:03 am |
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| Google for "Sharp Aquos modeline" and you will find numerous examples of modelines that people say they use with their Sharp Aquos LCD flatscreens. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2005 9:28 am |
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| Scott Larson |
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And you'll find that every single one of those people are, like me, using the Aquos's DVI input, not the HDMI input. DVI works, HDMI doesn't.
| Quote: | Why else would it not work? It's not like the TV can say "Oooh, this is from a cable box so I'll work but that is from a computer so I won't" if you have your modeline setup to produce the same signals as the cable box.
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Whether or not you can get Nviida's driver to make those signals "just like a cable box" is an exercise left to someone who hasn't tried it. Hint: I've never been able to get any of Nvidia's recent driver releases to work at all with any of the inputs on my Sharp Aquos yet a two year old version of the driver works perfectly. I've spent hours and hours tweaking modelines with no luck so I just go back to the old driver. This is not a simple task. |
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