[mythtvnz] HDMI video cards

[criggie at criggie.dyndns.org]

Awesome thanks everyone.

So its actually a feature that nothing displays on the console till the 
box is booted...   And if I need the console its on the VGA input on the 
TV.... best of both worlds.


Mark Kendall wrote, On 24/03/10 09:22:
> I've got a Zotac ION, bios and booting is visible although VERY 
> annoying, the whole screen blinks between green and black.  From 
> memory switching to a console after boot also does the same.
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 08:05 +1300, criggie at criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
>> Diverging from the hardware recommendation thread a bit...
>>
>> Does anyone have a video card with an HDMI connected screen?
>> What do you see when you boot it up?
>>
>> My box is an old AGP card with a DVI-HDMI adapter, and I see nothing on 
>> the HDMI until X and mythtv start.
>>
>> The TV is a cheap 720p LCD that does 1366x768 from the VGA connector, or 
>>    unknown x720 on the HDMI connector.  So I lose a bit off the sides on 
>> HDMI too.
>>
>>
>> Question is, what would a video card with HDMI output display during 
>> boot, and what resolution is it?
>>
>>
>>
>>     
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