What are your/anyone's experiences buying a $25 DVI-HDMI type cable compared to the $150 monster cables available at the brick and mortars?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff
</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 1/8/07, Lord Darkhelmet <<a href="mailto:lord_darkhelmet@accesscomm.ca">lord_darkhelmet@accesscomm.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> I have a Panasonic plasma model TH-58PX60 and not sure of how to connect<br>> it to myth. My video card has DVI out and the plasma has a HDMI
<br>> input, do I just get a DVI to HDMI cable and call it done or do I have<br>> to worry about setting the modelines ?<br><br><a href="http://www.monoprice.com">www.monoprice.com</a>, buy a DVI to HDMI cable. (I always suggest buying
<br>it a little longer than you *think* you need)<br><br>Modes "1280x720_60"<br>or<br>Modes "1366x768_60"<br><br>should work fine. you may need to add all/any of the following as well,<br> Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
<br> Option "IgnoreDisplayDevices" "TV, CRT"<br> Option "ExactModeTimingsDVI" "1"<br> Option "UseEDIDDpi" "0"
<br> Option "UseEDIDFreqs" "0"<br> Option "ModeValidation" "AllowNon60HzDFPModes,<br>NoEdidMaxPClkCheck, NoMaxPClkCheck, NoHorizSyncCheck,<br>NoVertRefreshCheck, NoEdidDFPMaxSizeCheck, NoEdidModes"
<br><br><br>you can also try getting the EDID information and building a modeline.<br>using the 1.0-9746 drivers, launch X and run nvidia-settings (if you<br>want, you can run it from an ssh session wit the "-c :0.0" parameter),
<br>and read the EDID output.<br>--<br>Steve<br>Before you ask, read the FAQ!<br><a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions</a>
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