xorg.conf help needed!

Jarod Wilson jarod-ajLrJawYSntWk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org
Sun Nov 16 20:58:52 EST 2008


On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 01:48 -0500, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:
> David Kramer wrote:
> 
> >> Maybe, maybe not. I've heard of more than a few televisions that limit
> >> the possible resolutions over VGA to 1360x768, only allowing full 1080p
> >> over HDMI (read: an input on which there can be HDCP). A buddy of mine
> >> has a Samsung set like that.
> > 
> > That's what my Sony Bravia does, too.
> 
> To be fair to the TV makers, it's possible that they're just trying to 
> avoid the expense of including A/D circuitry capable of 1920x1080 
> resolution.

I doubt it. My relatively cheap (at the time) three and a half year old
1080p LCD HDTV takes 1920x1080p on the VGA input just fine. I'd wager
its just manufacturers in bed with Hollywood.



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