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Glenn Millar

2007-12-15, 7:13 pm

Scott Alfter wrote:
> In article <13m8jp1dehh98e3@corp.supernews.com>,
> Glenn Millar <usenet@glennmillar.plus.com> wrote:
>
> There's no reason you can't use the same modeline over DVI or HDMI that you
> would use with VGA. On the contrary, in my experience it's been much easier
> to get LCDs working on a digital connection than on an analog connection.
> LCDs sold for computer use have a button on them that usually allows them to
> sync up to a VGA signal, but LCD TVs rarely have this option. To get a 1:1
> correspondence between pixels in the framebuffer and pixels on the screen,
> you then have to do extensive tinkering with modelines...and you might never
> come up with a working modeline.
>
> My TV has a native resolution of 1280x768. I generated a modeline for that
> resolution at 60 Hz and plugged it into xorg.conf, and over DVI, it Just
> Works.
>
> _/_
> / v \ Scott Alfter (remove the obvious to send mail)
> (IIGS( http://alfter.us/ Top-posting!
> \_^_/ rm -rf /bin/laden >What's the most annoying thing on Usenet?
>


Your experience may well be correct with other LCD or Plasma TV's but my
reply was in relation to the Samsung screens. They don't like being
connected to a PC via HDMI. If someone get a profile for PowerStrip that
works correctly with a samsung i'd like a copy.

Regards
Glenn.
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