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Anyone hook up their linux box -> HDTV?

slinga - Feb 4, 2006

		slinga		Feb 4, 2006
			Hey all, I need some tips on hooking up my linux (mythtv) box to my HDTV. My tv supports 480p and 1080i. Whenever I put my machine into 1920x1080 resolution the display looks terrible and I'm pretty sure the refresh rates are wrong. At lower resolutions it looks ok, but it's not what I want... I'm connecting a GeForce 6600 GT via DVI-D to my TV which has a DVI (HDCP actually, hope that's not the culprit). I tried with both SuSE and Ubuntu. I'd rather do this machine with Ubuntu since there are so many more guides out there, but I can't find a tool like SaX2 on Ubuntu. Argh. Thanks in advance.

		lordofduct		Feb 4, 2006
			First off... your TV doesn't support 720p per chance? personally I find that picture much better then 1080i. Anyways... if it doesn't to get a decent 1080i picture you should output a 540p signal. So set your res to 960X540 at 60hz... your TV should interpret it as a 1080i signal (unless it supports 540p which would suck) Actually instead of me typing all this shit out... I'll link a little guide for you. Try this one out which you use a Windows install t... Or try out KnoppMyth. The guy put this together an... I personally advise using putty or something to SSH in and do everything after install.

		slinga		Feb 12, 2006
			Hey LoD, I've been fooling around with this for quite a while and it's a pain, but on the plus side I'm learning a lot. And yeah my tv supports only 480p and 1080i. Anyway, can you explain why I should use 960x540 and not 1920x1080, or 1920x540? I sorta have my desktop accepting 1920x1080, but it's flickering like a mofo. It's also jumping up and down a little, making it impossible to see stuff. At one point I tried 960x540 and I think it worked, but then I got greedy and went for the higher resolutions.