[Xorg] Using Plasma TVs with X

[Alex Deucher]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:21:40 -0600, Mark Cuss <mcuss at cdlsystems.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi All
> 
> If I'm posting to the wrong spot then please forgive me - I'm a little out
> of the loop with regards to the changes in X over the past few months....
> 
> I'm wondering if I can hook a plasma TV to a DVI video card (ATI, nVidia)
> and run the display through X.  I've done some looking and the fancy plasma
> displays seem to support a 1280x768 resolution.  They also have what they
> call an HDMI digital interface, which according to a picture I saw on
> Pioneer's web site, looks like it can take two physical forms, one of them
> being a DVI looking connector.
> 
> So, I'd like to be able to hook one of these displays to my machine and run
> it at 1280x768.  Does anyone have any tips or experience with doing this?
> The Plasma TV is a pretty expensive item for a "buy and try" so I'd like to
> get some opinions from the experts.

It should work, however, I've never tried it myself.  So I guess my
comment is pretty useless...

Alex

> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Mark
> 
> Mark Cuss, B. Sc.
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