On Sep 12, 2005, at 00:59, Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:

Jarod Wilson writes:


j> On Sunday 11 September 2005 22:21, Gregorio Gervasio, Jr. wrote:


        If you're willing to have a smaller display size for SD
programs, you could use Myth's zoom mode to "zoom out". Or you could
set Myth up to switch to an X modeline with a smaller display area.


j> I'm quite familiar with Myth's xrandr support, had to make lots of use of that j> with my old set. I plan to try running SDTV inside an 848x480p mode for
j> giggles, but I believe the big "problem" is that the set is just so
j> high-resolution and sharp, SD is going to look pretty crappy regardless. SD j> stuff off my cable box hooked to the TV via both DVI or component video j> (pushing a 480p mode for SDTV material) looks almost equally crappy already.


        I'm not sure I was clear -- I didn't mean to use a different
video resolution.   That just moves the upscaling to the TV instead of
the video card and I agree that will probably look equally bad. What I
meant was to use a modeline with the same timing as the native
resolution but with a smaller display area (making it look like a
severely underscanned picture).  You get the same effect as "zooming
out" -- a smaller screen more appropriate for the viewing distance.

Ah, okay, didn't realize that was what you were suggesting. No thanks though, I'd rather use the full screen real estate. I can't even stand watching SDTV with black pillars, I usually use stretch mode to fill the screen. :-)

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