[Openchrome-users] SPAM-LOW: Re: HD resolution problem (EN12000, VT1625)

[Crax]

> > As I haven't even got HD working well yet (which is what my original  
> > question is about), I don't know if my cable makes noise or static    
> > yet.  But hopefully someone will point me in the right direction soon 
> > :)                                                                    
> 
> I suppose you have to ask yourself a question:
> 
>     Who do I want doing the scaling?
> 
> Someone is going to scale the video to the native resolution of
> your TV.  I think you posted it was 1024x768.  Your TV is going
> to do it internally, or your VIA board is going to do it hopefully
> in an XV or XvMC port.
> 
> I've worked with a number of HDTVs and have always found it easier
> and better to work with the TV in its native resolution and scale
> in Xv or XvMC.
> 
> Does your Plasma TV have a VGA input?  
> 
> In all cases I have found that VGA, DVI, or HDMI produce better looking
> video on the screen than via component video.

Yes - my TV has both DVI, HDMI and VGA inputs... I think what you are saying makes sense to me. It's my first time working with HD and such (my last TV was widescreen CRT), so it's all new to me.
All I wanted was to be able to watch 720p encoded HD movies, using the hardware decoding on the EN12000 board. And if I still can do that even though the output is VGA (or DVI when I find a daughter board), then I guess it's good enough.
I played a little with the TV doing the scaling, and has a working ModeLine already (PowerStrip again), so maybe I'm not that far away from a working setup :-)

/Thomas