Oops, got x and y backwards on my last message.  Dyslexic speed 
typing,...sorry

On Monday 14 February 2005 21:25, Brad Templeton wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:36:41PM -0700, Blair wrote:
> > 1920x1080, the COMPONENT input on the TV down converts it to the TV's
> > Native resolution (which is really EDTV at 852x480, it's an old Panasonic
> > CT-34WX50).  Still, the input expects to see the signal in its native
> > (close to native) form.  I suspect that the 6600GT is doing something for
> > me there as this simply works.  In Dual Head mode I have to output 480i
> > to facilitate
>
> Unless you put something magic in your xorg.conf/xf86config, there is
> little way the 6600GT could be doing something for you, short of some
> EDID magic in the drivers I have not heard of.   Since there really
> are TVs that will take 1920 x 1440 on component inputs, it really needs
> to be putting that out, so that's some fierce downscaling by the TV, which
> I presume is not widescreen.
>
> But now it gets curiouser and curiouser.  If you are downscaling that much,
> to 852 x 480 (odd that's not widescreen) and your signal is HD, you should
> not be seeing much in the way of mpeg decode artifacts, they should mostly
> be lost in the downscale, though some blockiness might still remain.
>
> And even less so with tv-out.

-- 
-Blair Preston
Principle Systems Architect

"The best way to predict the future, is to invent it"
-Alan Kay 
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