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If you're really keen on using HDMI you could get a switch so you can share the input, e.g.<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AC1692">http://www.jaycar.co.nz/productView.asp?ID=AC1692</A><BR>
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I've seen better models than the above, but you get the idea :)<BR>
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>From my experience (Sony 40" LCD) you're better off using the VGA connector. The VGA connector supports the true[1] resolution of the panel (which in my case is 1360x768) while the component video will only support 720p/1080p etc. I figure the video card is most likely already scaling the video image, having the tv scale it a second time doesn't make much sense to me. I also found that the colour looked way different when using the VGA compared with the component. The component video colours were very dark, almost washed out looking. I suspect DVD players and the like must have a different colour profile (not sure what this is actually called) and do some adjusting of their own. I suspect I could have played with the gamma and similar settings and got the component video to look right, but using the VGA was just easier :)<BR>
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When connected over VGA or DVI/HDMI I found the get-edid and parse-edid tools very useful, e.g.<BR>
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get-edid > sony_tv.edid<BR>
parse-edid sony_tv.edid<BR>
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This produced output that can be pasted into your xorg.conf file. That said, if you can read the edid information as above, then in theory so can X so you shouldn't need to put anything special in your xorg.conf file. I did however find this very useful for debugging :)<BR>
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[1] The panel is actually 1366x768 but 1366 isn't supported by any video cards I've seen, apparently it needs to be a multiple of 8, so the TV only gives you the option of 1360.<BR>
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On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 23:54 +1300, Karl Leaning wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I have spent many months going circles. I have Sony 50" TV and the start </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">of a myth-box (Linux is running, but not myth yet) using a M2NPV-VM </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">motherboard.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The HDMI port is currently used by a bluray player so DVI is out. So </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">which am I best to use, the component out or the VGA DSUB? And most </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">importantly, does anybody know what modeline to use to get 720p (pref </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">1:1 pixel). I have tried letting it detect it as a plug'n'pray but the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">image is smaller than the screen and the set complains that the signal </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">is not in range!</FONT>
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