Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv - NVIDIA FX5200 works

2007-04-20 Thread Jim Duda
I'm using an NVIDIA FX-5200 AGP with a heatsink (fanless). This card has a DVI out. I drive my Sharp 42 1080p monitor using a DVI to HDMI cable. It took me a while to get the correct X configuration to work, but I found the proper one for 1080p. I'm using the NVIDIA binary driver from NVIDIA. I

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-18 Thread Josh Vickery
On 4/16/07, Jason Tackaberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a fair question. I'm in a similar situation. Can anyone confirm if Intel GMA 950 can drive 1920x1080 via DVI? I'm getting pretty conflicting information on the web about this. I'm going to be building a new HTPC very soon and I

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-18 Thread Jason Tackaberry
Hi Josh, On 04/18/2007 09:07 AM, Josh Vickery wrote: The Intel GMA 950 can drive 1920x1080 via DVI. Yes, I got the definitive answer on the xorg mailing list. :) However 1920x1080 over single-link DVI does require use of reduced blanking modes in order to keep it inside the 165MHz limit.

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-18 Thread John Molohan
Jason Tackaberry wrote: Hi Josh, On 04/18/2007 09:07 AM, Josh Vickery wrote: The Intel GMA 950 can drive 1920x1080 via DVI. Yes, I got the definitive answer on the xorg mailing list. :) However 1920x1080 over single-link DVI does require use of reduced blanking modes in order to

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Juha Pahkala
Christian Lyra wrote: Hi there, A little off topic but I´m looking for video card that can do HDTV. I think I need something that can do 1920x1080 on dvi output right? Since my machine doesnt have pci-e, the card needs to be AGP. There´s a lot of geforce based cards that claim to do

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On 04/17/2007 03:26 AM, Juha Pahkala wrote: But the main thing, 1080p from the dvi port of the card to the hdmi port of my tv works perfectly. Simply beautify, even though my previous I didn't know these signals (DVI and HDMI) were at all compatible. Or are you using an active converter?

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Christian Lyra
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 10:21, Jason Tackaberry wrote: On 04/17/2007 03:26 AM, Juha Pahkala wrote: But the main thing, 1080p from the dvi port of the card to the hdmi port of my tv works perfectly. Simply beautify, even though my previous I didn't know these signals (DVI and HDMI)

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Juha Pahkala
Jason Tackaberry wrote: On 04/17/2007 03:26 AM, Juha Pahkala wrote: But the main thing, 1080p from the dvi port of the card to the hdmi port of my tv works perfectly. Simply beautify, even though my previous I didn't know these signals (DVI and HDMI) were at all compatible.

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Christian Lyra
I just found this: http://www.amazon.com/Nvidia-Geforce-Profile-Support-support/dp/B000H00JO0 Maybe is not the best option, but it seems to do the job. And it helps the fact that I have one of these :-). I will test it as soon as my dvi-hdmi cabe arrive. On Tuesday 17 April 2007 10:44, Juha

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Duncan Webb
Christian Lyra wrote: Hi there, A little off topic but I´m looking for video card that can do HDTV. I think I need something that can do 1920x1080 on dvi output right? Since my machine doesnt have pci-e, the card needs to be AGP. There´s a lot of geforce based cards that claim to do

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Jason Tackaberry
On 04/17/2007 01:45 PM, Duncan Webb wrote: The only thing to watch out for are graphic cards that use the ATI proprietary drivers, as this driver is not very good, at least, with the TV-out. I had to replace mine with nVidia as mplayer seems to use double the number of lines and only showed

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-17 Thread Buckley Hopper
Jason Tackaberry wrote: On 04/17/2007 01:45 PM, Duncan Webb wrote: The only thing to watch out for are graphic cards that use the ATI proprietary drivers, as this driver is not very good, at least, with the TV-out. I had to replace mine with nVidia as mplayer seems to use double the number of

[Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-16 Thread Christian Lyra
Hi there, A little off topic but I´m looking for video card that can do HDTV. I think I need something that can do 1920x1080 on dvi output right? Since my machine doesnt have pci-e, the card needs to be AGP. There´s a lot of geforce based cards that claim to do 2048x1536, but it seems that they

Re: [Freevo-users] Card to hdtv

2007-04-16 Thread Jason Tackaberry
Christian Lyra wrote: A little off topic but I´m looking for video card that can do HDTV. I think I need something that can do 1920x1080 on dvi output right? This is a fair question. I'm in a similar situation. Can anyone confirm if Intel GMA 950 can drive 1920x1080 via DVI? I'm getting