[mythtvnz] IR Blaster set up and HDMI

[Craig Whitmore]

> I have another mythbox I maintain for a friend. He's just bought a Sony
> Bravia rear projection TV and we've been trying to get DVI - HDMI
> working. Xorg doesn't seem to be picking up an EDID from the TV. I just
> read recently that HDMI 1.0 through to 1.2 doesn't support EDIDs. I
> can't even get an out of sync image up on the screen. Could someone who
> has DVI - HDMI with custom modelines for 720p and 1080i please send me a
> copy of their xorg.conf?

If you have a NVIDIA video card and the latest drivers then it quite easy. I 
have a 50inch Sony 3LCD TV and all I use is:

Modes      "1280x720_50"  which is built in Display Mode for NVIDIA drivers.

(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6150 (C51) at PCI:0:5:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 524288 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.51.22.33.07
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6150 at PCI:0:5:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     SONY TV (DFP-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): SONY TV (DFP-0): 310.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): SONY TV (DFP-0): Internal Dual Link TMDS
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: DFP-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x720_50"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 720


If you want to make your own.. try 
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Modeline_Database#NVIDIA_Driver_ModePool

THanks