[ale] kde and tv resolution help needed

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

Thank you for your time.

I will dig deep to find the refresh rates today.

Now, for MythTV starters, do you have any good pointers you have used.

Please provide.

-Narahari

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 2:06 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>wrote:

> I don't know if you should or shouldn't copy my Xorg settings. I
> provided them as an example of something that works.
>
> Any decent television will have a manual, be it printed or PDF, that
> tells you the refresh rates. Just look in your manual for this
> information.
>
> If you really want to know about my configuration, take a look at my
> xinitrc[1]. It will tell you everything you need to know about the X
> environment I run. Also, you can look at my full Xorg config file that
> I am currently using at [2]. Really, I should migrate some settings
> from [3] into it because my MythTV box is no longer connected directly
> to my TV (finally got sound to work over HDMI). But [2] is working
> just fine. The exact video card I used is [4].
>
> I don't use *buntu anything. I run Arch Linux (x64), up-to-date as of
> last Saturday. So can't really give you any information specific to
> your distribution.
>
> [1] -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1038672/mythtv/.xinitrc
> [2] -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1038672/mythtv/xorg.conf.samsung
> [3] -- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1038672/mythtv/xorg.conf.nvidia-sony.hdmi
> [4] -- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134100
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
> <savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Any update on this would help.
> >
> > I finally nuked the box with MythUbuntu just so that it will have myth.
> >
> > Here is my setup.
> > Athlon X2 250
> > NVidia Video Card
> > 4GB Ram
> > 500GB drive
> > Monitor = 60 inch SONY HDTV 1920x1080
> > MythUbuntu = GNOME + Myth
> >
> > I am connected to the TV from the HTPC via DVI ==> HDMI  (not sure if
> this
> > matters or not)
> >
> > What do I need to do to get the screen to fit into the TV screen ?
> >
> > This used to be a Windoze machine and at that time I could fit the
> > resolution quite well.
> >
> > So should I copy the xorg.conf and tweak it to match my TV ?
> >
> > Harder to find is the refresh rates of the TV.
> >
> > Thanks for the xorg.conf that you have provided.
> >
> > -Narahari
> >
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