[mythtvnz] Nvidia TV out overscan

[Steven Ellis]

Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Sunday 17 December 2006 21:30, Steven Ellis wrote:
>   
>> Hadley Rich wrote:
>>     
>>> I now call `nvidia-config --load-config-only` in my xinitrc which sorts
>>> the problem very nicely.
>>>       
>> Yes its great. The standard profile I load for myPVR runs nvidia-config
>> on startup and sets overscan for CRT screens.
>>     
>
> It is good, I was really pleased when I figured it out. It did seem a 
> backwards to my thinking that the xorg.conf option had less adjustment than 
> the settings tool.
>
>   
>>> As an aside, I had the chance to setup a Myth box on a 50" HD plasma the
>>> other day, it went quite well and looks very nice.
>>>       
>> How were you connecting, and what did you set the resolution to. 720p
>> seems ok, but 1080p/1080i needs a decent amount of RAM.
>>     
>
> It's connecting via a DVI to HDMI cable from a Geforce 6600GT to a reasonably 
> high end Samsung plasma.
>
> The resolution is set to 1366x768 (native for the panel) in xorg.conf although 
> I noticed the other day that xdpyinfo shows the dimensions as 1280x720, 
> haven't looked into that yet (it's installed at a friends house).
>
> hads
>
>   
Yes some panels will allow a native resolution. Others only allow
1280x720 or 1920x1080.

Steve


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